Waste company embezzler gets 5-year term
pennlive.com | 2/22/08 | Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A waste hauling company worker who embezzled more than $700,000 from his employer is heading to federal prison for more than five years
Wayne H. Heilman Jr.'s sentencing on Wednesday stems from a single count of mail fraud for writing checks to himself on a company account. The York Haven man pleaded guilty in October to ripping off a Waste Management Inc. trust account over several years.
The 42-year-old must repay the money and he'll be on probation for three years after he gets out of prison. Prosecutors say he scanned monthly statements into his home computer, changed the account balances and sent the forged statements to his company.
His lawyer Joseph Curcillo says Heilman's sorry for what he did and suffers from an "addiction to stealing" that he hopes to overcome while in jail.