A former employee in Pittsburgh’s Finance Office is accused of altering two checks totaling just more than $50,000 and using the money to pay property taxes, police said.
Police said Gregory Fleming, 59, of Pittsburgh, altered and fraudulently deposited the two checks, paying them to a business entity he owned as a front to hide the money. Online court records list the offense date as Nov. 14.
Fleming was fired from his job after police began investigating.
Police said Fleming turned himself into police. He was charged with two counts each of theft by deception and forgery and booked into Allegheny County Jail.
Online court records showed Thursday afternoon that he was awaiting a preliminary hearing.
