Stories Related to Former Consol Exec Stole $440,000 In Gas Royalties

The Associated Press PITTSBURGH - A former Consol Energy executive has pleaded guilty to stealing $440,000 in gas royalties from the company by forging deed transfers so he could funnel the money into a fake company he ran out of a post office box.Scott Hamilton, 37, of Baden, pleaded guilty to mail fraud Wednesday and will be sentenced by a federal judge in Pittsburgh on March 25.Hamilton was Consol's land records general manager when he used two fake identities to forge deed transfers from Consol to his fake company, PRH.