(File Photo of Center Twp. Municipal Complex sign)

Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent

(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Former Center Township tax collector Jeanne  Bowser was  sentenced  in Federal District Court  on  her conviction of wire fraud and filing false tax returns. She will spend 12 months and one day  in prison followed by 3 years  of supervised release  on the charges.  U.S. District judge Robert Colville imposed the sentence on Bowser. She was Center Township’s and the Central Valley School tax collector  from 12/2011 until 8/2019. She embezzled approximately $1,028,183.81 , writing checks to herself out of a bank account  used for  deposits and by stealing cash payments, in addition to embezzlement,  she filed false tax returns for a period of six years. U.S. Attorney Cindy Chung  prosecuted the case on behalf of the government , she commended the FBI and IRS  for the successful prosecution of Bowser.