Stephanie J. Roskovski, Scott A. Roskovski, Mail Fraud, Pennsylvania 2020

A married couple from Butler County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

Stephanie J. Roskovski, 50, of Butler, PA, pleaded guilty on May 27, 2020, to one count of mail fraud and one count of filing a false income tax return. Scott A. Roskovski, 51, also of Butler, PA, pleaded guilty today to one count of filing a false income tax return and one count of submitting a false loan application to a bank.

The couple entered guilty pleas before United States District Court Judge William S. Stickman IV.

"The Roskovskis’ crimes truly shock the conscience," said U.S. Attorney Brady. "Both were in positions critical to the health and safety of their community, as COO of Butler Health System and a Butler County Detective investigating financial crimes.

Instead of $1.3 million being available to Butler hospital for patient care, the Roskovskis used the embezzled money for their own personal spending spree, with lavish vacations, home renovations, and even a 70-acre motocross business.

According to information provided to the court, from April 2011 through December 2017, Stephanie Roskovski, while serving as the Chief Operating Officer for Butler Health System (BHS), embezzled in excess of $1.3 million from her employer. She used her corporate credit card to make personal purchases that she disguised as business expenses, submitted falsified reimbursement requests claiming purchases she made on a personal credit card were for business, and obtained hundreds of merchant gift cards worth more than $350,000, falsely claiming they were for distribution to “focus groups” or physicians, and which she used for purely personal purposes.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/butler-county-couple-plead-guilty-fraud-and-tax-charges