Bridgewater chiropractor placed on probation for insurance fraudPublished: 2009-12-07 06:24:22Author: MICHAEL DEAK | myCentralJersey.com | December 6, 2009A township chiropractor was placed on two years probation and had his chiropractic license revoked for a year on a charge of fraudulently billing a health insurance company.
Kenneth Thorn, 59, of Dilts Lane who has an office in the
Martinsville section, also was ordered Friday by Superior Court Judge
Paul Armstrong to pay $7,700 in restitution to Horizon Blue Cross Blue
Shield.
Thorn pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to the charge.
In
February 2008, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Insurance Fraud
Unit received a referral from the New Jersey Office of the Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor about an anonymous tip of possible insurance fraud,
authorities said.
The investigation found that Thorn's
main clientele were employees from Wegman's and he often went into the
grocery store to offer his services to employees.
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