A Delaware pastor with ties to Delaware County was sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of defrauding a pandemic relief program and committing tax fraud, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced.
Brian Pitman, 47, also was sentenced to two years of supervised relief and ordered to pay a $200 special assessment and $606,101 in restitution.
Prosecutors said Pittman worked as a pastor at a 350-member church, served as a volunteer chaplain for a Delaware County police department and ran a mentoring program. Further details on his local police work were unavailable.
U.S. District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge handed down the sentence.
Pitman pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return,.
Prosecutors said Pittman used the names and information of friends and family to apply for and receive pandemic relief loans backed by the United States Small Business Administration and…
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