A Union City woman received over $70,000 in fraudulent medical benefits after failing to report income from a business she owns, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Nicole Sanders, 47, of Union City, is charged with theft by deception and false reporting to Medicaid, Suarez said in a statement.
She was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus and released on a summons pending her first court appearance, which is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, August 8th.
The investigation found Sanders failed to report income from a business she owns, resulting in an unlawful payment of more than $70,000 in medical benefits from NJ FamilyCare between 2017 and 2021.
Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Insurance Fraud and Special Investigation Units and the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller’s Office with the investigation and arrest.
