Two Toms River residents and an Edison resident are in a heap of trouble following their Thursday arrests for their alleged roles in a scheme aimed at defrauding the New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund, a publicly health care benefit program, of more than $4,500,000.00, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig who detailed the multi-agency investigation.
Harry Pizutelli, 62, of Edison, and C.R. Kraus, 55, and Maritza Flores, 43, of Toms River were met by special agents of the FBI and IRS Thursday and are now charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
Honig said that Pizutelli was the manager of the TBI Fund, which provides NJ residents who have suffered a traumatic brain injury with services and support, and he was responsible for the its day-to-day operation by supervising, managing and overseeing the process where third-party vendors were paid for services rendered to eligible TBI Fund patients.