It’s about to get a lot harder for New Jersey residents to lieabout where they garage their cars.
The New Jersey legislature has approved a bill that will levystiff new penalties for anyone who lies about where they garage anddrive their cars in order to obtain lower insurance premiums.
“Turning premium dodging into an insurance crime would addenforcement teeth to New Jersey’s efforts to clamp down on rateevasion,” said Howard Goldblatt, director of government affairs forthe Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (The Coalition). “Thestronger likelihood of a criminal investigation also could helpdeter others from making the mistake of defrauding their autoinsurer.”
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