Another shining example of corruption in Pittsburgh:
A federal grand jury this morning handed up an 84-count indictment against Allegheny County Medical Examiner Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, alleging he used his office as coroner to conduct private pathology business and used public employees to perform some of that work.
The indictment also accuses Dr. Wecht of falsely billing several private clients for such items as transportation to and from the Pittsburgh airport when he was, in fact, driven there by county employees.
The indictment accuses him of mail and wire fraud; theft of honest services; and theft from an organization that receives federal funds.
In a related indictment, George Hollis, a former chief histologist in the coroner's office, was also charged with four counts of theft from an organization receiving federal funds; willful failure to file taxes; and making false statements.
Pathologist and longtime Wecht associate Leon Rozin was charged in a separate and unrelated indictment with a count of mail fraud for filing what prosecutors said were false mileage reimbursements.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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