
By Justin Zaremba | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on May 04, 2017 at 12:20 PM, updated May 04, 2017 at 12:43 PM
TRENTON — A former member of the Mount Olive Township Board of Education Thursday who scammed the district out of more than $371,000 will head to federal prison for three months, court records show.
Robert Mania, 48, of Flanders, pleaded guilty last year to one count of mail fraud.
Mania, who owned and operated the insurance brokerage RHM Benefits, Inc., admitted in April 2016 to carrying out a plan between 2007 and 2009 during which he received $371,986 in commissions funneled through the conspirators’ companies.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has said Mania conspired with a health insurance broker and a third associate to boost the school district’s premium from 4 percent to 5 percent.
The other broker then directed the district’s insurance provider to send part of the commission payment to the associate’s firm, which split the additional funds among the conspirators, authorities said.