A Butler County couple will spend a combined total of 81 months in prison for fraud and filing false tax returns.
The married couple, 51-year-old Stephanie Roskovski and 52-year-old Scott Roskovski, pleaded guilty to charges against them.
Stephanie, the former Chief Operating Officer of the Butler Health System, was sentenced in federal court to 51 months in prison for fraud and filing a false income tax return. She must also serve three years of supervised release.
From April 2011 through December 2017, Roskovski embezzled more than $1.3 million from Butler Health. According to the U.S. Attorney's office, she used her company credit card to make personal purchases, subitted false reimbursement claims for purchases on her person credit card. She also collected more than $350,000 in gift cards under the guise of distributing them for business. The gift cards were used by her and her husband for personal means.
Scott, who was a detective with the Butler County District Attorney's Office whi investigated financial crimes, was sentenced to 31 months for filing a false income tax returna and submitting a false bank loan application. He also has to serve two years of supervised release.
“Stephanie Roskovski took advantage of her trusted position as the second in command at Butler Health System (d/b/a Butler Memorial Hospital) to steal over $1.3 million from the Hospital, a non-profit organization. She and her husband then used the embezzled money to fund an extravagant lifestyle. They also committed fraud upon a financial institution and filed false tax returns. Today is the day that justice came to the Roskovskis for their criminal actions,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen Kaufman in a release.
Kaufman's office said the majority of the money was spent on vacations, home improvements and for the purchase of a motocriss track in Butler County.
The two did not report the fraudulent gains on their taxes.
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After losing their jobs, the couple applied for two bank loan with false information and received the loans totaling more than $1.1 million.
“These cases were all about greed,” said Joleen Simpson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation in the release. “That greed caused the Roskovskis to commit tax fraud and other crimes, which ultimately resulted in the penalties they received today. These sentencings should be a deterrent to other would-be criminals, knowing that Special Agents from IRS-CI and our law enforcement partners are fully committed to bringing offenders like this to justice.”
“The Roskovskis knew what they were doing was wrong,” said FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Mike Nordwall. “They embezzled money to line their own pockets and live a lavish lifestyle. They are now convicted felons and will serve time for their crimes. Hopefully today's sentencing will bring some closure to the community and send the message that the FBI takes our responsibility to stop those who set out to commit fraud and use it for their own personal gain very seriously. It simply won’t be tolerated.”