June 23, 2006 - United States Attorney Patrick L. Meehan today announced the filing of an Information* against Judith Campellone, 49, of Blackwood, New Jersey, charging her with one count of mail fraud, arising from her embezzlement of almost $1.5 million from her former employer, Pyramid Sheet Metal Co., Inc., from 1998-2005. The Information charges that Campellone issued embezzled checks to herself, and used other embezzled funds to pay for credit card purchases that included, among other items, over $130,000 in sports and entertainment tickets (including to the 2005 Super Bowl, Phillies, Flyers, Phantoms, and Mets games), over $150,000 in cash advances, over $100,000 in hotel, limousine, cruise, airline, and car rental payments for travel to, among other places, St. Maarten, Las Vegas, Kiawah Island, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, Jacksonville, New York, Washington D.C., and Atlantic City, and countless purchases of meals, clothing, furniture, jewelry, computer equipment and other items.
If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in
prison, a $250,000 fine, a $100 special assessment, and full restitution.
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DEFENDANT |
ADDRESS |
AGE [Date of Birth] |
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Judith Campellone |
Blackwood, New Jersey |
49 |
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and has been assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Joan L. Markman.
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UNITED
STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT, PENNSYLVANIA Suite 1250, 615 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 |
Contact: RICH MANIERI Media Contact 215.861.8525 |
*An Indictment or Information is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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