New Jersey Body Shop Owner Sentenced for $52K Insurance Scam
A New Jersey body shop owner has been pleaded guilty to defrauding more than a dozen insurers of nearly $52,000 by submitting fake invoices for repair parts.
Prosecutors say Divyakant Patel, owner of J&R Body Masters in Perth Amboy, admitted to including fraudulent invoices in bills his body shop sent to insurers from Nov. 2006 through May 2010.
The insurance companies defrauded by Patel were Enterprise Rent-A-Car, High Point Insurance, Liberty Mutual, 21st Century Insurance, New Jersey Manufacturers, GEICO, Allstate, SIA, Mercury, Progressive, Palisades, Ameriprise/IDS Property and Casualty, Met Life and Hanover Insurance.
Patel was sentenced to five years probation, ordered to pay $51,946 in restitution and to serve 100 hours of community service
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