Sentencing For PA Cyber Charter Founder Trombetta Postponed Until March

Sentencing for Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School founder Nick Trombetta, originally set for two weeks from today, has been pushed back until next year, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  The newspaper reports that on agreement by his lawyers and the U.S. attorney’s office, Trombetta’s sentencing before U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti will now be March 3. The Trombetta sentencing promises to be contentious and could last several days. Government lawyers and his attorneys said they needed more time to prepare to make the sentencing hearing more streamlined and to work out restitution issues. The 61-year-old Trombetta became a federal felon in August when he pleaded guilty to tax conspiracy related to siphoning $8 million from the cyber school to a series of other entities he created. He faces up to five years in federal prison.

 


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