Police say that a former South Greensburg secretary lied about the source of the money he paid as restitution connected to a case of embezzlement.
The Tribune-Review reports that 57-year-old Dennis Kunkle, Jr. is now charged with perjury, theft, money laundering and other crimes in connection with him paying $101,000 in restitution for him embezzling money from the South Greensburg government.
In the original case, Kunkle admitted to diverting over $155,000 over a five year span, and paid $101,000 in restitution right away, claiming he cashed in his retirement funds and did not use any of his 77-year-old father’s money. Kunkle has power of attorney over his father. County detectives say that Kunkle wrote several checks out of his father’s account for “cash” and four other checks from his father’s account totaling $61,000 were deposited in Kunkle’s account.
A preliminary hearing is set for December 20th.
