VIDEO: pretends to fall for insurance and has been arrested

A man from New Jersey has been arrested in mid-January and accused of insurance fraud after being caught in a surveillance video throwing ice on the floor and having simulated a misstep and falling to the cafeteria of his job, the authorities announced this Thursday.

Alexander Goldinsky, a 57-year-old independent contractorAccording to the Middlebad County Attorney's Office, he worked for a company in Woodbridge, New Jersey, about 50 km northwest of Newark. He would have orchestrated the scam.

The office released the surveillance video Thursday of the company's empty break room, showing Goldinsky throwing ice and falling strategically, he even grabs the coffee table to soften his descent to the ground.

Goldinsky filed a false statement of insurance between September 1, 2018 and November 1, 2018, for ambulance services and the treatment he suffered for the injuries he claims to have suffered during the fall, Middlebad County District Attorney Andrew Carey said in a statement.

"The investigation revealed that Goldinsky deliberately threw the ice on the floor of the cafeteria from his workplace, was lying on the floor and had waited until they find, "said the office in a statement. "Fraudulent claims cost us all and we will pursue those who illegally handle the system."

Goldinsky was arrested on January 15 and charged with a charge of third-party insurance fraud and a robbery master for deception in the third year for the fraudulent filing of an insurance application, according to Carey.

He was released on summons and is due to appear for the first time in court on 7 February. It is not known whether he got a lawyer.

"Insurance fraud suits are part of state-level crimes that are processed and detected by the Attorney General through his insurance fraud reimbursement program." of the county attorney, "the statement said. "The investigation remains active and continues".