JERSEY CITY, NJ – A Jersey City Public Schools employee has been charged after filing over 50 fraudulent medical claims to his insurance company.
“A security guard employed by the Jersey City Public Schools was arrested by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Insurance Fraud Unit following an investigation that determined he submitted over 50 fraudulent medical claims to his insurance company,” the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Kaquan Vanliew, 34, of Jersey City, was charged with insurance fraud and later released.
An investigation determined Vanliew submitted over 50 fraudulent medical claims to AFLAC insurance between 2018 and 2021. He received approximately $17,000 in payouts from a policy obtained through his employment at the Jersey City Public Schools.