Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Funeral home director sentenced to prison for stealing from elderly clients



UNIONTOWN, Pa. — A Uniontown funeral home director who authorities said stole a half million dollars’ worth of prepaid funeral policy payments from the elderly was sentenced to prison on Tuesday.

Stephen Kezmarsky has been sentenced to four to eight years in prison, 20 years of probation and $555,000 in restitution. The district attorney had asked for 15-30 years.

Kezmarsky pleaded guilty in October 2019 and owes more than $500,000 to clients for prepaid funeral expenses.

According to the Office of Attorney General Josh Shaprio, Kezmarsky accepted the payments from 2005 until 2017 but never submitted the policies to the insurance company.

“Anyone who defrauds Pennsylvanians, especially vulnerable people planning for the end of their lives, will be held to account for their crimes,” Shapiro said. “For 12 years, Kezmarsky deceived dozens of Pennsylvanians who believed they were making final plans, and now he will spend a long time behind bars and repay what he stole.”

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