Superseding Indictment Returned Against Lancaster Man in Bankruptcy Case
U.S. Attorney’s Office September 15, 2011 |
Kenneth G. Reidenbach was charged today by second superseding indictment with making a false declaration or certification in connection with a bankruptcy case, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The additional charge alleges that Reidenbach, an attorney in Lancaster, represented an individual in a bankruptcy proceeding. It is alleged that as part of the bankruptcy proceeding, Reidenbach falsely certified that he had received and agreed to accept $1,500 as fees for services rendered, and to be rendered, in contemplation of, or in connection with, the bankruptcy, when he had in fact received approximately $4,800.
The first superseding indictment charged Reidenbach with bankruptcy fraud, concealing assets during a bankruptcy proceeding, and embezzling from a bankruptcy estate arising from the concealment of $40,000 in real estate proceeds in a law firm account controlled by Reidenbach. The indictment also alleges that Reidenbach falsely represented that he had agreed to receive only $1,500 for representing the client in the bankruptcy proceeding.
The original indictment, filed December 9, 2010, charged Reidenbach and co-defendant Herbert P. Henderson, another attorney in Lancaster, with conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud and concealing assets in bankruptcy by concealing more than $51,000 of clients’ real estate sales proceeds from the bankruptcy court.
Information Regarding the Defendant
Name: Kenneth G. Reidenbach
Address: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Year of Birth: 1950
If convicted of all charges in the superseding indictment, Reidenbach faces a maximum possible sentence of 45 years in prison and a fine of $2.25 million.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David J. Ignall.
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