State v. Fleischman

Pursuant to the New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice (Code), one can be charged with the offense of insurance fraud for knowingly making a false or misleading statement of material fact in connection with an insurance claim. N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.6. That third-degree offense may be elevated to the second degree by *542aggregating five “acts” of insurance fraud, the total value of which exceeds $1,000.

The State indicted defendant Randi Fleischman for second-degree insurance fraud. The factual underpinnings for the charge were based on various items of false information contained in defendant’s…