Township supervisor to spend year in federal prison for fraud, tax evasion

ARISTES – A former municipal official from our area will spend a year in federal prison, accused of tax evasion and bank fraud.

Linda Tarlecki, 63, of Aristes, was sentenced last Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann to 12 months plus a day in federal prison.

A Conyngham Township supervisor from 2006 through 2018, Tarlecki was accused of misappropriating township funds by drafting duplicate payroll checks for herself and reimbursing herself for mileage and supplies that didn’t exist, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

In total, she was accused of misappropriating $147,000 in township funds and failed to pay $38,000 in income taxes on said income.

“No matter what the source of income, all income is taxable,” stated Yury Kruty, Special Agent in Charge, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Philadelphia Field Office.

Tarlecki pleaded guilty in July.

In addition to prison time, she will serve two years of supervised release and has been ordered to pay $187,427 in resitution.