Tag: Fairview Township
Tax Collector Ripped Off PA Town
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is going to federal prison for turning her role as Fairview Township’s tax collector into a personal piggy bank. Between March 2023 and January 2025, McGinnis siphoned off over $400,000 in property tax payments meant for the township, Luzerne County, and the Crestwood School…
Tax Thief Gets 20 Months
⏱ 3 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison after admitting she pilfered over $400,000 from the taxpayers of Fairview Township. For nearly two years, from March 2023 to January 2025, McGinnis – the township’s tax collector – treated the public coffers like her personal ATM. She wrote…
