Buffalo, NY (WBEN) 57-year-old Dennis Potozniak of Cheektowaga has been sentenced to 2 months of intermittent incarceration followed by 5 years probation after embezzling nearly $50,000 from a Catholic school.
While employed as the business administrator for South Buffalo Catholic Schools, Potozniak admitted to writing false checks for tuition reimbursement and raffle winnings, which he deposited into an account for himself. Between April 2014 and April 2017, he embezzled a total of $49,418 from Notre Dame Academy and South Buffalo Catholic School.
In November 2018, Potozniak pleaded guilty to one count of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a Class “D” felony. He pleaded guilty to the highest possible charge in the case against him.
He has paid $65,000 in restitution.