The former comptroller of a plastics manufacturing company in McKean has been indicted on federal charges that he embezzled nearly three quarters of a million dollars from the locally owned business.
The defendant, Cameron D. Updyke, 30, is accused of stealing $744,912.74 from Tri-Tech Injection Molding Inc., 8556 Edinboro Road, over a year, according to the indictment, returned on April 14 and filed on April 15 in U.S. District Court in Erie.
Tri-Tech fired Updyke on July 5, 2024, according to the indictment. It states that he started working at the company in July 2022 and started the theft scheme in July 2023…