FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) - The former chief financial officer for a nonprofit organization that provides services to people with autism is headed to state prison for stealing nearly $115,000 from the group for his personal use.
Peter Pflug received a three-year sentence Friday. He also must pay full restitution.
The 56-year-old Freehold man had pleaded guilty in January to theft by unlawful taking.
Pflug served with New Horizons in Autism, a Monmouth County-based nonprofit that receives most of the money for its programs through a contract with the state’s Division of Developmental Disabilities.
Investigators say that between June 2015 and February 2018, Pflug used the nonprofit’s accounts for approximately $114,917 in personal expenditures. They say he frequently recorded the items and services as purchases made for group homes it operated.
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