Local businessman Bob Bolus found guilty of insurance fraud
JOE MCDONALD / STAFF WRITER Mar 7, 2012 Updated Jun 9, 2020
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UPDATE: Bob Bolus, Family Members Charged In Minuteman Investigation
Author: Nikki Krize
Published: 10:58 AM EDT June 6, 2014
Updated: 5:37 PM EDT June 6, 2014
LEWISBURG — A well-known Scranton area business man and several members of his family have been hit with theft and fraud charges from the state attorney general’s office.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced charges against Minuteman companies and its owner Brian Bolus, along with family members Bob Bolus Sr., Robert Bolus Jr., Debra Bolus, Julie Bolus, and Sophie Gregory. . .
Prosecutors say Minuteman’s owner, Brian Bolus, violated the state’s clean streams law and solid waste management act, by illegally dumping waste water from well sites.
“They are small-minded, petty, poorly investigated, relying solely on information from a tiny number of disenchanted former employees,” said Brian Bolus’ attorney Joshua Lock.
The attorney general’s office disagrees.
The other four are Brian’s brother Bob Bolus Jr., his mother Julie Bolus, his sister Debra Bolus, and his father’s fiancée Sophie Gregory. They have been labelled ghost employees of Minuteman or Bolus Truck Parts and Towing Services/
Investigators say these so-called ghost employees were not on the payroll but were listed as employees so they could be on a company’s health care plan.
All four are charged with 16 counts of insurance fraud and other charges. . .
2016 update on that:
State drops health care fraud charges again Scranton businessman Bolus, family
Terrie Morgan-Besecker Dec 13, 2016 Updated Apr 17, 2020