UPDATE: Ex-Bethlehem finance director’s theft scheme concerned cellphones acquired on city’s dime, cops say
Bethlehem’s former budget and finance director is the issue of a criminal probe.
The Northampton County District Attorney’s workplace spokeswoman verified Mark Sivak is under investigation by her place of work.
“We will release a lot more facts when they’re offered,” spokeswoman Davin Jurgensen explained in an electronic mail Tuesday.
An email despatched to Sivak’s town email deal with Tuesday was returned with the information, “This personnel is no for a longer time with the Metropolis of Bethlehem.” Other tries to access Sivak have been unsuccessful.
Bethlehem Director of Human Methods Michelle D. Cichocki issued this statement:
“Mr. Sivak was officially terminated for violation of quite a few Town procedures subsequent a Metropolis of Bethlehem investigation that began in January 2022. No more facts will be delivered at this time as Mr. Sivak’s carry out is the subject of an ongoing law enforcement investigation.”
Bethlehem law enforcement Main Michelle Kott mentioned she could not go over Sivak’s ouster or the scenario for the reason that it’s an ongoing investigation.
Sivak was the city’s price range analyst as much again as 2008, according to the Categorical-Situations archives. Archived tales have his title adjusted to finances and finance director by 2010. He also served a stint on the Saucon Valley Faculty Board, the archives say.
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