Tag: Karen McGinnis
Tax Collector’s Sticky Fingers
⏱ 3 min read A trusted public official turned thief. Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison on March 17, 2026, after admitting she siphoned off over $400,000 from Fairview Township, Luzerne County, and the Crestwood School District between March 2023 and January 2025. McGinnis, the township’s…
Tax Collector Ripped Off Township
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison after a brazen scheme to pilfer over $400,000 from the Fairview Township tax rolls. The former tax collector used her position to line her own pockets between March 2023 and January 2025, and today, U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick…
Tax Collector Stole $400K
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is trading her office for a federal cell after admitting she siphoned over $400,000 from the taxpayers of Fairview Township. The former tax collector used her position to write checks to herself from collected property taxes between March 2023 and January 2025. The scheme…
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…
Tax Thief Siphoned $400K
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is heading to federal prison after a two-year scheme to skim over $400,000 from the taxpayers of Fairview Township. U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick slapped her with a 20-month sentence yesterday, a small price to pay for betraying the public trust. From March 2023…
