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Karl Rominger

(Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.)

A former Cumberland County lawyer who has admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his clients to feed a gambling addiction is now facing income tax evasion charges filed by the feds.



U.S. Attorney Peter Smith said Wednesday that Karl Rominger, 43, of Carlisle, has been charged with evading federal income taxes from 2006 through 2010. Rominger made false statements to the IRS regarding the location of business accounts, Smith said.



A tentative plea agreement filed in U.S. Middle District Court would require Rominger to pay $116,822 in restitution to the IRS. That agreement, which does not include a sentencing deal, won't become final unless approved by Senior Judge Sylvia H. Rambo.



Smith said Rominger, who signed the tentative plea agreement Tuesday, also is charged with failing to file a federal income tax return for 2012.



The tax evasion charges carry possible penalties of up to 6 years in prison and $125,000 in fines.



Rominger, who was a defense attorney for Jerry Sandusky during the former Penn State coach's child-sex trial and also provided legal advice on a radio show, surrendered his law license after Cumberland County authorities began investigating him in 2014.

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Last month, Rominger pleaded guilty in county court to one charge of theft by deception and 18 counts of misappropriation of entrusted funds. Investigators say he embezzled about $767,000 from clients.



He is to be sentenced in county court in August. The county charges carry a potential state prison sentence of up to 56 years.



