Paterson woman faces charges in $175K insurance fraud case
February 10, 2019 by Joe Malinconico, Paterson Press
PATERSON – A 45-year-old Paterson woman is accused of impersonating two people in an attempt to steal $175,000 from their insurance annuity policies, according to New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal.
The suspect, Vashanta Stroud-Bennett, was charged with insurance fraud, theft by deception and impersonation in an indictment rendered by a state grand jury in Trenton on Monday, officials said in a news release.
Stroud-Bennett allegedly obtained personal identifying information about the two individuals and assumed their identities between July 23 and Aug. 1, 2017 in an attempt to obtain money from their insurance annuity policies, authorities said.
The Attorney General’s Office identified the two victims by their initials, “P.C.” and “L.C.” Authorities have not revealed if the suspect personally knew the two people, nor have they disclosed how she allegedly obtained their confidential information.
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