I May Hate You, but I Love Your Smile…
May 10th, 2010The mayor of Carlstadt, N.J., and his former wife were indicted by a Bergen County grand jury on a series of charges linked to the alleged continued use of health benefits following the couple’s divorce.
Both William Roseman and his ex-wife, Lori Lewin, face two counts of third-degree conspiracy to commit theft by deception, two counts of third-degree theft by deception and two counts of official misconduct, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.
In 2008 an investigation began into claims that Roseman still had his former spouse, Lewin, enrolled in the Borough of Carlstadt’s medical and prescription plans. The pair was divorced in 2000 and Roseman was obligated to notify the borough’s benefits administrator within 60 days of that change in marital status, officials said.
Roseman allegedly failed to make that notification and allowed Lewin to remain on the borough’s benefits plan. From the time of the divorce in July 2000 through January 2008, Lewin obtained prescription benefits of more than $7,000 under the borough’s plan, prosecutors allege, and medical benefits through 2003 of more than $4,000.
An investigation found that Roseman also did not remove Lewin from his dental benefits plan with Delta Dental, paid for by the Borough of Carlstadt. The municipality paid nearly $4,000 in premiums to the dental insurer for coverage to Lewin under Roseman’s plan and paid out claims of nearly $4,000 because Roseman let Lewin remain on his plan, prosecutors say.
Officials alleged that for years, explanations of benefits were mailed to Roseman, showing Lewin’s usage of both medical and dental plans, including dates of service and amounts paid. It is also alleged that as Carlstadt’s mayor, Roseman presided over meetings where funding for the borough’s medial, prescription and dental plans were approved at the same time Lewin remained on his plan.
The pair were originally indicted by a grand jury in 2009, with the new charges added after the discovery of the alleged improper dental benefits.

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