A man was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City for providing false information to his car insurance company to get compensated for his damaged BMW.
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By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Shingai Marandure, 30, of New Brunswick, is charged with one count of insurance fraud, a second-degree crime, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said in a statement.
He was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City and released on a summons pending his first court appearance.
The investigation determined Marandure learned his uninsured 2019 BMW 430 was involved in a hit-and-run collision and opened a Progressive auto insurance policy on Thursday, April 28th.
Immediately after obtaining the policy, Marandure notified police of the damage to his vehicle and then filed a claim with Progressive the following day.
Investigators later determined the vehicle was damaged on Thursday, April 21st. Suarez credited the Insurance Fraud Unit with the investigation and arrest.