COLLINGDALE, Pa. (AP) - A former councilman in suburban Philadelphia has been arrested on charges he stole nearly $3 million from his former employer to feed an alleged gambling addiction.
Former Collingdale borough councilman James Bryan faces multiple theft charges, all third-degree felonies.
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said Wednesday that Bryan stole the money over the course of 11 years while he worked as a project manager for Wescott Electric in Aston.
Investigators said Bryan cashed checks generated for fraudulent invoices and bought copper wire for the company that he’d scrap for cash.
Bryan resigned from the Collingdale council last fall amid word that he was the focus of an ongoing investigation. He had been a borough councilman for nearly 20 years.
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