Nine people were arrested and taken to Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City and efforts are continuing to effect the arrests of the remaining four persons. The Attorney General said the investigation by the State Police Auto Unit and the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor began after receiving information from the New York City Police Department.
Insurance fraud is a serious problem in New Jersey.
It affects almost every citizen. Paul Zoubek, director of the Division of Criminal Justice, said investigators from the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor and detectives from the State Police, executed the arrest warrants beginning early this morning. Assistant Attorney General Edward Neafsey and Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, said that the investigation began earlier this year when New York City Police Department officials contacted the New Jersey Division of State Police Auto Unit and the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor about an investigation into a stolen auto ring. The State Police and investigators from the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor cooperated in the investigation following allegations that several New Jersey residents were involved. The defendants were processed at State Police barracks in Newark and Totowa and taken to Central Judicial Processing Court in Hudson County to appear before Judge Richard K. Nieto for arraignment.