United Therapy Solutions in Scotch Plains, for services beginning in 2008,
Dean did not respond Thursday to requests seeking comment, the news outlet said.
Dean was arrested in the Edison case on Jan. 24, 2018, and charged with theft by deception and money laundering, according to earlier news reports.
The Edison schools trial is scheduled to begin on May 17.
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Therapist sued for overbilling N.J. school district by $200K
Updated May 11, 2021;
A pediatric occupational therapist has been sued by the East Brunswick School District, which alleges they overpaid the business she owns for $200,000 in services that were never rendered.
Rebecca Dean, 42, of Somerset County, faces criminal charges for similar allegations in Edison, where the public school district has alleged in a criminal case that she billed them $75,000 for therapy she never provided.
The East Brunswick suit, filed in Superior Court of Middlesex County, states the district contracted with Dean and Tiny Tots Therapy, for services beginning on Feb. 28, 2008.
For 10 years, the East Brunswick district paid Dean’s company a monthly fee based on invoices submitted by the therapy company, states the suit, filed April 26.