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Irvington Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Staging Auto Accident, Then Seeking More Than $25,000 in Insurance Payouts
TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor today announced that an Essex County man has been sentenced to five years in state prison for orchestrating a staged automobile accident and later seeking more than...
New Jersey to Receive $1 Million from Multi-State Settlement Resolving Allegations that Johnson & Johnson Company Made Misleading Claims – Over-the-Counter Drug Maker Also Distributed Adulterated Products
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced today that New Jersey will receive more than $1 million as a result of its participation in a multi-state civil settlement with Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. and Johnson & Johnson. The...
Attorney General Strengthens Bail Reform Directive To Better Ensure That Dangerous And Recidivist Criminals Are Kept In Jail Pending Trial
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino today announced important changes to the directive he issued last year to prosecutors and police that will better ensure that dangerous and recidivist criminals are detained pending trial under New Jersey’s...
Medical License of Burlington County Psychiatrist Suspended for Prescribing Massive Doses of Opioids While Not Abiding by Prescription Monitoring Program Regulations
Dr. Joel B. Glass, who had a practice in Marlton, has been ordered by the Board to turn over his medical license, his federal Drug Enforcement Administration and his New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances registrations, and to cease practicing medicine and writing...
States Have Reached Settlements, Cooperation Agreements with Two Former Drug Company Executives – Cooperation is Part of Multi-State Generic Drug Investigation
TRENTON – Two former executives of a New Jersey-based generic pharmaceutical manufacturing company have entered into settlement and cooperation agreements with 41 states -- including New Jersey -- that are investigating what they allege is widespread...