Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Two Area Non-Profits Out of More Than $320,000

PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Seth S. Jones, 46, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Judge Gerald J. Pappert to two counts of wire fraud, arising from a scheme in which he defrauded two Philadelphia-area non-profit companies out of $322,798.

The defendant was charged by information last month; with today's plea, he has waived prosecution by indictment.

As detailed in court filings and statements, from at least 2017 to September 2025, Jones worked in the finance department of Non-Profit Company #1, which was a parent company to Non-Profit Company #2. The defendant defrauded the non-profit companies by using a company credit card to pay for approximately $291,023 in personal expenses and diverting approximately $31,775 in funds from a bank account associated with Non-Profit Company #2 to bank accounts controlled by him. In order to carry out and conceal the fraud scheme, Jones falsified expense reports, failed to submit expense reports, and created fake invoices.

The defendant is scheduled to be sentenced on November 5 and faces a maximum possible term of 40 years' imprisonment.

This case was investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Francis A. Weber and John G. Iannacone.