Ex-Constable Facing Federal Prison In $1 Million Tax Theft

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A father of seven who resigned as constable and acknowledged gambling away more than $1 million he stole while working as an unpaid deputy for his tax collector wife faces sentencing by a federal judge in Pittsburgh.

Court filings by his attorney and federal prosecutors suggest 57-year-old Keith Kristek will face at least three years in prison at Tuesday's sentencing.

Kristek in June pleaded guilty to mail fraud and filing a false tax return, and he acknowledged stealing the money he collected for his wife, Cynthia Kristek. She resigned as tax collector in Baden after an audit turned up the missing money last year.

As the tiny borough's tax collector, she was also responsible for collecting taxes that borough residents owed to the Ambridge Area School District.

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