ROBERT NAPOLITANO, A NEW JERSEY INDEPENDENT ADJUSTER, WAS SENTENCED TO 32-MONTHS IN
PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY OUT OF INSURANCE MONEY
On January 8, 2015, Robert Napolitano, of Clifton, New
Jersey was sentenced to thirty-two (32) months in prison and three years
supervised release1 after pleading guilty to “charges that he
defrauded the [New Jersey Turnpike Authority (“NJTA”)] out of insurance money meant
to cover the cost of repairs to turnpike property,” totaling approximately
$900,000.00.2
Napolitano, the “owner of Dawk to Dusk, LLC,
an insurance adjusting company that investigated and provided adjusting
services to property and casualty carriers in New Jersey,” was arrested on
February 25, 2014 and charged.3 It was alleged in the Complaint
against Napolitano, that “[f]rom October 2011 to June 2013, [he] obtained by
fraud more than $200,000 from the [NJTA] and certain insurance companies in
several ways, including instructing insurance companies whose motorists caused
damage to the New Jersey Turnpike to issue checks payable to Dawn to Dusk.”4
It is further alleged that, [a]fter the checks were mailed
to Dawn to Dusk, Napolitano did not forward the payments to the NJTA and
instead shared the money with his previously charged conspirator, Gerardo A.
Blasi, an NJTA claims manager.”5 Blasi was previously sentenced to
forty-five (45) months in prison for his role.6
On September 22, 2014, Napolitano pleaded guilty to the
charges and was set for sentencing before U.S. District Court Judge Kevin
McNulty.7
1 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2015/01/09/353667.htm
2 http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/09/little_falls_insurance_adjuster_admits_role_in_nj_turnpike_claims_scam.html
3 http://www.fbi.gov/newark/press-releases/2014/clifton-insurance-adjuster-charged-with-defrauding-new-jersey-turnpike-authority-and-insurance-companies-of-more-than-200-000
4 Id.
5 Id.
6 http://www.northjersey.com/news/clifton-man-sentenced-for-1-5m-insurance-fraud-1.1132053
7 http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/09/little_falls_insurance_adjuster_admits_role_in_nj_turnpike_claims_scam.html