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NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-4.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-4.4 - Findings, declarations relative to insurance fraud

2C:21-4.4. Findings, declarations relative to insurance fraud  71. With respect to sections 72 through 74 of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.2C:21-4.5 through C.2C:21-4.7), the Legislature finds and declares: a. Insurance fraud is inimical to public safety, welfare and order within the State of New Jersey. Insurance fraud is pervasive and expensive, costing consumers and businesses millions of dollars in direct and indirect losses each year. Insurance fraud increases insurance premiums, to the detriment of individual policyholders, small businesses, large corporations and governmental entities. All New Jerseyans ultimately bear the societal burdens and costs caused by those who commit insurance fraud. b. The problem of insurance fraud must be confronted aggressively by facilitating the detection, investigation and prosecution of such misconduct, as well as by reducing its occurrence and achieving deterrence through the implementation of measures that more precisely target specific conduct constituting insurance fraud. c. To enable more efficient prosecution of criminally culpable persons who knowingly commit or assist or conspire with others in committing fraud against insurance companies, it is necessary to establish a crime of "insurance fraud" to directly and comprehensively criminalize this type of harmful conduct, with substantial criminal penalties to punish wrongdoers and to appropriately deter others from such illicit activity. d. In addition to criminal penalties, in order to maintain the public trust and ensure the integrity of professional licensees and certificate-holders who by virtue of their professions are involved in insurance transactions, it is appropriate to provide civil remedial provisions governing license or certificate forfeiture and suspension tailored to this new crime of insurance fraud and other criminal insurance-related activities. e. To enhance the State's ability to detect insurance fraud, which will lead to more productive investigations and, ultimately, more successful criminal prosecutions, it is appropriate to provide members of the public with significant incentives to come forward when they may have reasonable suspicions or knowledge of a person or persons committing insurance fraud. The establishment of an Insurance Fraud Detection Reward Program will enable the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor to obtain information which may lead to the arrest, prosecution and conviction of persons or entities who have committed insurance-related fraud. L.2003,c.89,s.71.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-4.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-4.5 - Definitions relative to insurance fraud

2C:21-4.5. Definitions relative to insurance fraud  72. As used in sections 73 and 74 of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.2C:21-4.6 and C.2C:21-4.7), unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: "Insurance company" means any person, company, corporation, unincorporated association, partnership, professional corporation, agency of government and any other entity authorized or permitted to do business in New Jersey, subject to regulation by the State, or incorporated or organized under the laws of any other state of the United States or of any foreign nation or of any province or territory thereof, to indemnify another against loss, damage, risk or liability arising from a contingent or unknown event. "Insurance company" includes, but is not limited to, an insurance company as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.320 (C.17:33A-3), self-insurer, re-insurer, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, hospital, medical or health service corporation, health maintenance organization, surety, assigned risk plan, joint insurance fund, and any other entity legally engaged in the business of insurance as authorized or permitted by the State of New Jersey, including but not limited to any such entity incorporated or organized under the laws of any other state of the United States or of any foreign nation or of any province or territory thereof. "Insurance policy" means the instrument, in writing, electronically or in any other form, in which are set forth the terms of any certificate of insurance, binder of coverage, contract of insurance or contract of re-insurance, issued by an insurance company, including, but not limited to, a State-assigned risk plan, plan of indemnity protection provided by or on behalf of a joint insurance fund or benefit plan, motor club service plan, or guaranty bond, surety bond, cash bond or any other alternative to insurance authorized or permitted by the State of New Jersey.  "Insurance transaction" means a transaction by, between, or among (1) an insurance company and (2) an insured, claimant, applicant for insurance, public adjuster, insurance professional, practitioner as defined by section 2 of P.L.1997, c.353 (C.2C:21-4.2), attorney, or any person who acts on behalf of any of the foregoing for the purpose of obtaining insurance or reinsurance, calculating insurance premiums, submitting a claim, negotiating or adjusting a claim, or otherwise obtaining insurance, self insurance, or reinsurance, or obtaining the benefits or annuities thereof or therefrom. "Premium finance transaction" means a transaction involving or related to insurance premium financing which is subject to the "Insurance Premium Finance Company Act," P.L.1968, c.221 (C.17:16D-1 et seq.). L.2003,c.89,s.72.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-4.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-4.7 - Insurance Fraud Detection Reward Program

2C:21-4.7. Insurance Fraud Detection Reward Program  74. a. There is established within the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor an Insurance Fraud Detection Reward Program, to be funded from surcharges imposed pursuant to section 53 of P.L.2002, c.34 (C.17:33A-5.1) and supplemented as necessary and appropriate by amounts budgeted for the operation of the office. b. A member of the public who has knowledge of or who believes that an act of health care claims fraud, insurance fraud or any other criminal offense involving or related to an insurance transaction is being or has been committed may provide the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with a report or information pertinent to that knowledge or belief and may provide additional information that the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor requests. c. The Insurance Fraud Prosecutor shall maintain a 24-hour toll-free insurance fraud hotline to receive information from members of the public who have knowledge of or who believe that an act of health care claims fraud, insurance fraud or any other criminal offense involving or related to an insurance transaction is being or has been committed. d. The Attorney General, through the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, is authorized to pay a reward of up to $25,000 to persons providing information leading to the arrest, prosecution and conviction of persons or entities who have committed health care claims fraud, insurance fraud or any other criminal offense related to an insurance transaction. Only a single reward amount may be paid by the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor for claims arising out of the same transaction or occurrence, regardless of the number of persons arrested, prosecuted and convicted and regardless of the number of persons submitting claims for the reward. The reward may be divided and disbursed among more than one person in amounts determined by the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. The decision of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor as to the person or persons entitled to the reward shall be final unless the reward recipients shall disagree, in which event, the matter shall be referred to the Attorney General whose decision shall be final and shall not be subject to judicial review. e. Any person acting in good faith who provides information in accordance with subsection b. of this section shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of such act. f. The Attorney General shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations which set forth the reward program application and approval process, including the criteria against which claims shall be evaluated, the basis for determining specific reward amounts, and the manner of reward disbursement. Applications for rewards authorized by this section must be submitted in accordance with rules established by the Attorney General. L.2003,c.89,s.74.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-4.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-4.8 - Motor vehicle title offenses, grading.

2C:21-4.8 Motor vehicle title offenses, grading.  2. a. A person who purposely or knowingly violates a provision of chapter 10 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, for which a specific penalty is not provided in that chapter or this section, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. b. A person who purposely or knowingly commits the following violations of chapter 10 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree: (1) Makes a misrepresentation or false statement in any title papers or other papers submitted to the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission in connection therewith; (2) Purchases, receives or obtains a motor vehicle on a title paper in violation of chapter 10 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes; (3) Forges, changes or counterfeits a part of title papers; (4) Misrepresents a number placed on a motor vehicle by the manufacturer, or in any other manner misrepresents the description of a motor vehicle; or (5) Uses title papers on or for a wrong motor vehicle, with intent to evade or violate the requirements of chapter 10 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.  L.2003,c.217,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-5 - Bad checks, money orders, electronic funds transfers.

2C:21-5 Bad checks, money orders, electronic funds transfers.  2C:21-5. A person who issues or passes a check or similar sight order for the payment of money, or authorizes an electronic funds transfer, knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee, commits an offense as provided for in subsection c. of this section. For the purposes of this section as well as in any prosecution for theft committed by means of a bad check, an issuer is presumed to know that the check, money order, or electronic funds transfer (other than a post-dated check, money order, or electronic funds transfer) would not be paid, if: a. The issuer had no account with the drawee at the time the check or money order was issued or the electronic funds transfer was made; or b. Payment was refused by the drawee for lack of funds, or due to a closed account, after a deposit by the payee into a bank for collection or after presentation to the drawee within 46 days after issue, and the issuer failed to make good within 10 days after receiving notice of that refusal or after notice has been sent to the issuer's last known address. Notice of refusal may be given to the issuer orally or in writing in any reasonable manner by any person. c. An offense under this section is: (1) a crime of the second degree if the amount of the check, money order, or electronic funds transfer is $75,000.00 or more; (2) a crime of the third degree if the amount of the check, money order, or electronic funds transfer is $1,000.00 or more but is less than $75,000.00; (3) a crime of the fourth degree if the amount of the check, money order, or electronic funds transfer is $200.00 or more but is less than $1,000.00; (4) a disorderly persons offense if the amount of the check, money order, or electronic funds transfer is less than $200.00. amended 1981, c.290, s.22; 2002, c.65, s.1; 2014, c.45.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-6.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-6.1 - Definitions relative to scanning devices, reencoders; criminal use, degree of crime.

2C:21-6.1 Definitions relative to scanning devices, reencoders; criminal use, degree of crime.  1. a. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "Merchant" means any owner or operator of any store or other retail mercantile establishment, or any agent, servant, employee, lessee, consignee, officer, director, franchisee or independent contractor of such owner or proprietor. (2) "Payment card" means a credit card, charge card, debit card or any other card that is issued to an authorized card user and that allows the user to obtain, purchase, or receive goods, services, money or anything of value from a merchant. (3) "Reencoder" means an electronic device that places encoded information from the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different payment card or any electronic medium that allows a transaction to occur. (4) "Scanning device" means a scanner, skimmer, reader or any other electronic device that is used to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card. b. It shall be a crime of the third degree for a person, with the intent to defraud an authorized user of a payment card, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card or a merchant, to use: (1) a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card, without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card; or (2) a reencoder to place information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different card or any electronic medium that allows a transaction to occur without the permission of the authorized user of the card from which the information is being reencoded. c. It shall be a crime of the fourth degree for a person to knowingly possess with intent to commit a violation of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection b. of this section any device, apparatus, equipment, software, article, material, good, property or supply that is specifically designed or adapted for use as or in a scanning device or reencoder. L.2005,c.225,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-7 - Deceptive business practices

2C:21-7. Deceptive business practices  Deceptive business practices. A person commits an offense if in the course of business he: a. Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; b. Sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or service; c. Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity or service when as buyer he furnishes the weight or measure; d. Sells, offers or exposes for sale adulterated or mislabeled commodities; e. Makes a false or misleading statement in any advertisement addressed to the public or to a substantial segment thereof for the purpose of promoting the purchase or sale of property or services; f. Deleted by amendment (P.L.1981, c. 290). g. Deleted by amendment (P.L.1981, c. 290). h. Makes a false or misleading written statement for the purpose of obtaining property or credit; or i. Makes a false or misleading written statement for the purpose of promoting the sale of securities, or omits information required by law to be disclosed in written documents relating to securities. The offense is a crime of the fourth degree if subsection h. or i. is violated. Otherwise it is a disorderly persons offense. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that his conduct was not knowingly or recklessly deceptive. "Adulterated" means varying from the standard of composition or quality prescribed by or pursuant to any statute providing criminal penalties for such variance, or set by established commercial usage. "Mislabeled" means varying from the standard of truth or disclosure in labeling prescribed by or pursuant to any statute providing criminal penalties for such variance, or set by established commercial usage. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:21-7, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 36A, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; L.1981, c. 290, s. 23A, eff. Sept. 24, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-7.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-7.2 - Definitions

2C:21-7.2. Definitions  As used in this act:  a. "Advertise" means engaging in promotional activities including, but not limited to, newspaper, radio and television advertising; the distribution of fliers and circulars; and the display of window and interior signs.  b. "Food," "food product," or "food commodity" means any food, food product or food preparation, whether raw or prepared for human consumption, and whether in a solid or liquid state, including, but not limited to, any meat, meat product or meat preparation; any milk, milk product or milk preparation; and any alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage.  c. "Food commodity in package form" means a food commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for retail sale and which is not intended for consumption at the point of manufacture.  d. "Kosher" means prepared under and maintained in strict compliance with the laws and customs of the Orthodox Jewish religion and includes foods prepared for the festival of Passover and represented to be "kosher for Passover."  L. 1988, c. 154, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-7.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-7.3 - False representation

2C:21-7.3. False representation  a. A false representation prohibited by this act shall include any oral or written statement that directly or indirectly tends to deceive or otherwise lead a reasonable individual to believe that a non-kosher food or food product is kosher.  b. The presence of any non-kosher food or food product in any place of business that advertises or represents itself in any manner as selling, offering for sale, preparing or serving kosher food or food products only, is presumptive evidence that the person in possession offers the same for sale in violation of this act.  c. It shall be a complete defense to a prosecution under this act that the defendant relied in good faith upon the representations of a slaughterhouse, manufacturer, processor, packer or distributor, or any person or organization which certifies or represents any food or food product at issue to be kosher, kosher for Passover, or as having been prepared under or sanctioned by Orthodox Jewish religious requirements.  L. 1988, c. 154, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-7.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-7.5 - Definitions relative to air bags.

2C:21-7.5 Definitions relative to air bags.  1. a. As used in this section: "Air bag" means a motor vehicle inflatable occupant restraint system, or any component part, such as the cover, sensors, controllers, inflators, and wiring, that operates in the event of a crash and is designed in accordance with federal motor vehicle safety standards for the specific make, model, and year of the motor vehicle in which it is or will be installed. "Counterfeit air bag" means a motor vehicle inflatable occupant restraint system, or any component part of the system, such as the cover, sensors, controllers, inflators, and wiring, displaying a mark identical or similar to the genuine mark of a motor vehicle manufacturer without authorization from the manufacturer. "Nonfunctional air bag" means a replacement motor vehicle inflatable occupant restraint system, or any component part of the system, such as the cover, sensors, controllers, inflators, and wiring that: (1) was previously deployed or damaged;  (2) has an electric fault that is detected by the motor vehicle air bag diagnostic system after the installation procedure is completed; or (3) includes any part or object including, but not limited to, a counterfeit or repaired air bag cover installed in a motor vehicle under circumstances that would lead a reasonable person to believe that a functional air bag has been installed.  b. (1) A person who manufactures, imports, installs, reinstalls, sells, or offers for sale any device that the person knows or reasonably should know is a counterfeit or nonfunctional air bag is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. (2) A person who manufactures, imports, installs, reinstalls, sells, or offers for sale any device that is used or intended to be used to replace an air bag in any motor vehicle that the person knows or reasonably should know does not meet federal safety requirements as provided in 49 C.F.R. s.571.208 is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. c. A person who sells, installs, or reinstalls in any motor vehicle any device that the person knows or reasonably should know causes the motor vehicle's diagnostic system to inaccurately indicate that the motor vehicle is equipped with a functional air bag is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.2015, c.121, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-8 - Misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle

2C:21-8. Misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle  A person commits a disorderly persons offense when he sells, exchanges, offers for sale or exchange or exposes for sale or exchange a used motor vehicle on which he has changed or disconnected the mileage registering instrument on the vehicle to show a lesser mileage reading than that actually recorded on the vehicle or on the instrument with purpose to misrepresent the mileage of the vehicle. This provision shall not prevent the servicing, repair or replacement of a mileage registering instrument which by reason of normal wear or through damage requires service, repair or replacement if the instrument is then set at zero or at the actual previously recorded mileage. In addition to the penalty authorized for violation of this section, the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles may, after notice and hearing, revoke the license of any motor vehicle dealer as defined in R.S. 39:1-1 so convicted. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:21-8, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 2C:21-8.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice|Section 2C:21-8.1 - Definition; determination of degree of offense

2C:21-8.1. Definition; determination of degree of offense  a. As used in chapter 21, unless a different meaning plainly is required: "Benefit derived" means the loss resulting from the offense or any gain or advantage to the actor, or coconspirators, or any person in whom the actor is interested, whichever is greater, whether loss, gain or advantage takes the form of money, property, commercial interests or anything else the primary significance of which is economic gain. b. The benefit derived or resulting harm in violation of chapter 21 shall be determined by the trier of fact. The benefit derived or resulting harm pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, whether in relation to the same person or several persons, may be aggregated in determining the degree of the offense. L.1981, c. 290, s. 23, eff. Sept. 24, 1981.