East Windsor Dentist Accused of Stealing $75,000, Practicing Without License

A Manchester Township dentist whose license was suspended was accused of stealing more than $75,000 by continuing to practice dentistry and submitting claims for reimbursement to five insurance companies.

William M. Griefer, 54, of East Windsor, was charged in an indictment voted by an Ocean County grand jury this week with theft by deception, insurance fraud and illegally practicing dentistry in Manchester Township between Nov. 1, 2007 and Dec. 1, 2009.

He was accused of seven counts of theft by deception and seven of insurance fraud for allegedly submitting claims to Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, N.J. Carpenter’s Health Fund, the Aetna Insurance Company, Delta Dental, and the Cigna insurance companies while he had no license to practice dentistry.

According to published reports, Manchester Township police and detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, working with the N.J. Attorney General’s Office, raided Griefer’s Route 70 office in Manchester on Dec. 1, 2009, seizing records and arresting him for the unlicensed practice of dentistry.

The grand jury indicted him on two counts of unlawfully practicing dentistry, claiming he knew his license had been “suspended, revoked, or otherwise limited by an order entered by the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry.’’

The charges come just weeks after a separate incident in which a local man was charged with in East Windsor.