County official gets 10 yrs in $2.5M theft
Posted: 09/09/2010
AKRON, Ohio - A judge has sentenced a former county treasurer's official to 10 years in prison on charges that he stole nearly $2.5 million from the office.
Judge John Adams in U.S. District Court in Akron also ordered Vincent Frustaci to repay the stolen funds and remain on supervised release for three years after his release.
The 39-year-old Frustaci, of Canton, was Stark County's chief deputy treasurer. He had pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy and theft in June on charges that he stole the money from 2003 to 2009, when he was fired. He said at the time that he was deeply sorry for breaking the people's trust.
On Thursday, Frustaci told the judge he has had a gambling addiction for years, but offered little detail on where he gambled the stolen funds.
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