Jersey City neurologist charged with falsifying insurance claims, paying 'runner' for patients

By Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey Journal
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on October 23, 2015 at 6:57 PM

A Jersey City neurologist has been charged with paying a "runner" to bring him patients and then falsifying the treatments provided so he could collect more from insurance companies, acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced.

Dr. Dan Dumitru, 44, was arrested today, one day after a state grand jury charged him with two counts of health care claims fraud (second degree), two counts of criminal use of runners (third degree), two counts of falsification of medical records (fourth degree), and one count each of conspiracy to use a runner (third degree).

Authorities said Dumitru, whose Big Apple Neurology office is on Kennedy Boulevard in the Greenville neighborhood, was caught in a sting operation conducted by the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor.

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