WILKES-BARRE, Penn.—A police officer involved in alleged corruption at Wilkes-Barre City Employees FCU has entered into a plea agreement, according to court documents.
The plea agreement calls for suspended city police officer Jason Anthony, 35, to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, for which he faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1-million fine.
Anthony was accused of signing a woman’s name on a loan document in securing a $7,159 loan on Jan. 15, 2014. Anthony’s signature of the woman’s name was allegedly witnessed by Amanda Magda, 30, the indictment said. Magda, former assistant manager at the CU, has also been charged.
Anthony is among five people charged with conspiracy and bank fraud related to a scam to obtain loans with false collateral and stolen identities in the federal investigation into the credit union: Anthony, Magda, Jeffrey Serafin, 35, Tino Ninotti, 35; and Leo Glodzik, 43.
A trial in the case is set to begin on April 20 in federal court here.
Ninotti is a former Wilkes-Barre city police officer. Glodzik is a contractor whose company had a towing contract with the city.
Mayor Thomas M. Leighton announced formal termination of the towing contract between the city and Glodzik’s LAG Transport, after a Luzerne County Court theft sentence against Glodzik was recently affirmed by state Superior Court.