The Tribune-Democrat:  Accused homeowner association embezzler placed on probation

By Patrick Buchnowski

April 14, 2016

A family allegedly at the center of a scheme to embezzle money from a Richland Township homeowner association have paid back the money – some of it anyway.

Dennis P. Michaels, 57, his wife, Julia S. Michaels, 62, and their daughter Julianna Theresa Zamias, 32, are accused of stealing more than $84,000 from Skyview Estate Homeowner Association from Jan. 1, 2007, through Dec. 31, 2013, while they were officers of the association.

Dennis Michaels appeared for an accelerated rehabilitative disposition hearing Wednesday before Cambria County Judge David Tulowitzki.

He paid $17,390 to the association before being placed on ARD for nine months for theft by deception, Assistant District Attorney Joseph Green said.

“He paid the full amount that was attributable to him and his wife,” Green said.  Read more: