The former campaign treasurer for Representative Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for embezzling more than $450,000 from the congressman’s election and re-election campaign accounts, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey and Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward of the FBI’s Newark, N.J., Field Office.
Andrew J. McCrosson Jr., 60, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., also was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Irenas to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term, and to pay $458,000 in restitution. McCrosson pleaded guilty on March 4, 2011, in Camden, N.J., to a two-count criminal information charging him with one count of wire fraud and one count of embezzling and converting funds contributed to a federal candidate.
Former Campaign Treasurer for U.S. Congressman Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Embezzling
via justice.gov
