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.
Edison man accused of defrauding New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund will go before judge today
Three New Jersey residents were apprehended this morning for allegedly participating in a long-running scheme to defraud the New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund (TBI Fund).
Harry Pizutelli, 62, of Edison, and C.R. Kraus, 55, and Maritza Flores, 43, both of Toms River, were arrested by special agents of the FBI and IRS, charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit health care fraud totaling more than $4.5 million, according to information provided by Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig.
They are scheduled to appear at noon today by videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Tonianne J. Bongiovanni.