Story by Leslie Huffman | January 26, 2010 | Tags: cary, frank d'alonzo, Impact, Impact Athletics, insurance fraud, News, North Carolina
Cary, NC – North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced Monday the arrest of Frank P. D’Alonzo, of Lavallette, N.J., for allegedly terminating, without notice, group health insurance for the employees of Impact Athletics. D’Alonzo is the sole owner and operator of the club under the corporate name University Wellness.
The Cary athletic club filed bankruptcy in October and closed it’s doors abruptly in November. As previously reported in CaryCitizen, D’Alonzo was being investigated by the NC DOI Investigations Division.
D’Alonzo was arrested by the Ocean County NJ Sheriff’s Office and charged with 14 counts of failure to deliver the required 45-day written notice to employees of the termination of group health insurance coverage. He was placed under a $10,000 secured bond.
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina terminated Impact Athletics employee health insurance on July 31, 2009, for non-payment. Mr. D’Alonzo continued to deduct premium health insurance payments from employees’ paychecks even after their insurance was terminated. Unaware their coverage was canceled, employees incurred medical expenses totaling nearly $30,000.
Insurance fraud is a felony and may result in jail time, probation, fine or restitution. Impact employees who incurred medical expenses may just be out of luck. If restitution is required by a judge, Mr. D’Alonzo may be just as elusive with this payout as he has been in the past.
This is not the first time D’Alonzo has been under suspicion of wrong doing. In the late 1980′s, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette connected him to two ethics inquiries involving payouts to NCAA athletes at Pitt and Iowa State.
nancyalis
January 26, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Oh, doesn’t that just figure. Another NJ weasel. (I was born & grew up in NJ–complete with weasels) I moved here to get away from these mobster a-holes. You’re not in Jersey anymore. There’s no “Sopranos” here. Get outtahere!
FormerClient
January 30, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Does anyone have Impact’s Tax ID#?… maybe from a paystub? I would like to get it for tax filing purposes, but I see now I’m not the only one who has not received any response from McBreen & Kopko.
My sincerest condolences to the families and employees of Impact that have been horribly betrayed by this situation. I hope you all get justly compensated, and soon.
Leslie
January 30, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Contact Attorney Jeff Cook who is representing University Wellness – 919-424-6342.
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Pete
April 27, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Don’t blame this on NJ. This weasel came to NJ from TX. Came to NJ to run a school athletics program. FBI & IRS are looking into bookkeeping practices here.
Tony Siragusa
May 17, 2010 at 10:36 am
Yeah, but he was the best defensive line coach ever.
Hal Goodtree
May 17, 2010 at 10:43 am
Goose! Thanks for weighing in, bro.
Greg Altoona Croft
May 19, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Yeah but Goose he wasn’t as good as Tom Turchetta
Greg Croft
May 19, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Yeah but Goose, he wasn’t as good as Tom Turchetta.
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