Ex Pitman CFO Sentenced to 56 Months

The former chief financial officer of the New Jersey-based Harold M. Pitman Co. was sentenced to 56 months in prison for embezzling more than $2 million from his former employer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

John Eichner, 50, of Montvale, N.J., previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of income tax evasion before U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle, who also imposed the sentence today in Camden, N.J., federal court.