Mark Marriott, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Pennsylvania 2026

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Mark Marriott, a former facilities manager for Primary Health Network (PHN), a non-profit medical organization in Sharon, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a massive fraud scheme. Along with two co-conspirators, including former CEOs Drew Pierce and Jack Laeng, Marriott conspired to commit wire fraud and money laundering, and filed a false tax return. The sentences were handed down in federal court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the heels of a lengthy investigation by the FBI and IRS.

The scheme, which involved millions of dollars in stolen funds, was described by United States Attorney Troy Rivetti as an ‘unfortunate reality of executives abusing their positions of power to commit fraud on a non-profit organization’. Marriott’s co-conspirators, Pierce and Laeng, were sentenced to 40 months and 24 months in prison, respectively, in April 2026.

The FBI and IRS launched an investigation into the fraud scheme, which resulted in the recovery of millions of dollars in stolen funds. According to FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Richard Evanchec, ‘these crimes are not victimless, and this was not a mistake or a lapse in judgment’. The investigation and subsequent sentencing serve as a warning to others who would seek to commit similar crimes.

The sentencing of Marriott and his co-conspirators marks a significant victory for law enforcement in the fight against healthcare fraud. As Internal Revenue Service–Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Philadelphia Field Office Special Agent in Charge Yury Kruty noted, ‘IRS-CI and our federal law enforcement partners will aggressively pursue individuals who scheme to defraud healthcare institutions and ultimately victimize the people those institutions serve’.

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