The Associated Press
The former treasurer of Montgomery County’s largest ambulance service pleaded guilty to plotting the theft of $2.23 million that he spent lavishly on items from imported cigars to synagogue dues.
Prosecutors said Harvey S. Grossman, 48, former treasurer of the Plymouth Community Ambulance Association, took trips to California, Florida and Atlantic City, bought baby furniture and toys, purchased camera equipment and used more than $12,000 of the money to help cover costs of the 2004 bat mitzvah.
Grossman pleaded guilty to 11 counts of theft, conspiracy and forgery, which would carry maximum jail terms of more than 50 years. Montgomery County Court Judge William Carpenter deferred sentencing. Grossman and his attorney, Frank Genovese, declined to comment as they left the court.
Two alleged coconspirators, Jeffrey S. Cohen, of Chester Springs, the company’s president, and George Gilliano, of Blue Bell, the chief of operations, were expected to plead guilty Monday to lesser charges in the thefts, which occurred from 2001 to 2005, officials said.
The ambulance association board had suspended the three men after the investigation became public in late 2005.