A New Jersey chiropractor pleaded guilty to getting more than $650,000 from insurance companies using an illegal accident scheme.
Scott-Greenberg_tbnScott Greenberg, 53, of Franklin Township in Somerset County, could see eight years in prison for paying illegal runners to recruit people involved in auto accidents into his chiropractic practice. Greenberg owns Central Jersey Chiropractic and Rehabilitation Centres, with locations in Central and North Jersey.
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Greenberg paid runners about $100,000 to recruit 164 patients from February 2009 through July 27, 2011. He also received $655,594 in reimbursements from various insurance companies.
Sentencing is set for March 1, and the state plans to recommend eight years in prison. The Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor will request full restitution.
Six others were charged in relation to the case. Two of the runners have pleaded guilty; the other cases are pending.
Authorities said Greenberg also admitted to a separate charge of growing marijuana at home.
