Wilkes-Barre Man Charged as Part of an Ongoing Public Corruption Investigation Sentenced
| U.S. Attorney’s Office November 10, 2010 |
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Wilkes-Barre man charged as part of an ongoing public corruption investigation was sentenced in federal court today.
According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Thomas Greco, age 53, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy to a two-year term of probation and is required to preform 50 hours of community service. Judge Conaboy further ordered that Greco pay a $10,000 fine.
Greco was charged on May 27, 2010, with misprision of a felony because he had information that an elected public official had engaged in the actual commission of a felony relating to the corrupt solicitation and acceptance of a gratuity and failed to disclose this knowledge to federal investigators. Greco pleaded guilty on July 26, 2010.
This case is part of an ongoing investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, and the United States Department of Education and is being prosecuted by a team of federal prosecutors led by Senior Litigation Counsel Gordon Zubrod and includes Assistant U.S. Attorneys William Houser, Michael Consiglio, Amy Phillips, John Gurganus and Criminal Division Chief Christian Fisanick.