Kim Bogan, 52, of Brick. (New Jersey Attorney General's Office)The daughter of a former Brick Township mayor has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing nearly $1 million from the township's health insurance program, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the state Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced in a statement.
Kim Bogan, 52, was sentenced Tuesday in Trenton federal court after pleading guilty in October to a single count of theft by deception, the officials said. At that time, Bogan admitted to stealing $941,354 from the town by submitting fake insurance claims for chiropractic services from her brother.
As part of her plea agreement, Bogan must pay back the $941,354 to the township.
Ocean County Superior Court Judge Linda G. Baxter issued Tuesday's sentence.
Bogan, a 30-year township employee, had submitted claims for chiropractic services from her brother, Glenn Scarpelli, between January 2011 and August 2017, despite never receiving those services, previous reports said.
Scarpelli and Bogan's father -- former Brick Mayor Joseph Scarpelli -- received an 18-month federal prison sentence and a $5,000 fine in 2007 for taking bribes in exchange for helping a developer obtain approval for construction projects.
In July, Glenn Scarpelli and his wife, Patricia Colant, leaped from a Madison Avenue building in New York City, where Scarpelli ran his chiropractic office. The New York Post at the time reported sources describing the couple as deeply in debt.
Bogan previously admitted allowing her brother to "submit claims on her insurance for services she knew had not been rendered," the statement said, and then endorsing the insurance checks when they were mailed to her, "knowing the money was stolen."
Porrino said in the statement that Bogan's sentence "sends a message that stealing money from health care plans is a serious crime with serious consequences, no matter what role you play in the illegal plot."
Acting Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Christopher Iu said in the statement, his office "will continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute individuals who commit these kind of health care claims crimes."
People with information about insurance fraud can report it anonymously at 877-55-FRAUD, or www.NJInsuranceFraud.org.
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