Couple charged in upstate pellet fraud

State Police have arrested Paul D. Ceglia 36, and his wife, Iasia M. Ceglia, 20, owners of Allegany Pellets, LLC.

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AMITY - State Police have arrested Paul D. Ceglia 36, and his wife, Iasia M. Ceglia, 20, owners of Allegany Pellets, LLC.

They were each charged with one count of Scheme to Defraud 1st and twelve counts of Grand Larceny 4th. The couple defrauded customers out of approximately $200,000.00 dollars after taking presale orders for around 1900 tons of wood pellets, then failing to deliver the product to their customers and being unable to refund the money.

The company was based out of their residence in Wellsville.

The investigation was initiated after the State Police began receiving complaints from victims in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

They were processed and issued appearance tickets returnable in the Town of Wellsville court at 10:00 A.M. on November 4th, 2009.

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Web Site: http://www.empirestatenews.net/

Category: Forestry>Wood Pellets

Region: New York

Ad Running: 11/7/2009-12/4/2011

Ad Posted: 11/4/2009 7:21:01 PM

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