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New Jersey to Receive $589,000 from Multi-State Settlement With Illinois-Based Medical Waste Disposal Company – Share of Proceeds Will Go to Local Government Entities Overcharged for Services
The overall, $26.75 million settlement resolves allegations brought by a former Stericycle employee in a federal whistleblower lawsuit that the company overcharged local, county and state government entities in 12 states and the District of Columbia for medical waste...
Division of Criminal Justice Releases Findings of Investigation Into Fatal Shooting Involving Monmouth County Swat Team
Under the Attorney General’s Directive on Police-Use-of-Force Investigations, the incident was investigated by the Attorney General’s Shooting Response Team, made up of investigators from the Division of Criminal Justice and the New Jersey State Police...
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Reaches Settlements Totaling $300,000 with Four Businesses that Provided Unnecessary Services to Locate “Surplus Funds” from Property Foreclosure Sales
According to the terms of the settlements, the Division of Consumer Affairs identified violations of the Consumer Fraud Act and/or the Advertising Regulations arising from the advertisement, offering for sale and/or sale of services to locate, deliver, recover or...
Union County Man and Three Others Charged With Staging Accident, then Seeking More than $48,000 in Insurance Payouts
Jonathan L. Desir, 22, of Elizabeth, Makenson Clermont, 34, of Irvington, Jhonny Volmire, 26, of Newark, and Jana B. Philippe, 32, of Irvington all were charged by a state grand jury with second-degree health care claims fraud, second-degree conspiracy, and...
Passaic County Physician Who Allegedly Had Sexual Relations with a Patient Surrenders His License to Practice Medicine
On July 2, 2015, a Complaint and Order to Show Cause was filed before the BME seeking the temporary suspension of Dr. Jasper’s license, alleging, among other things, engaging in the use or employment of dishonesty, gross or repeated malpractice, professional...