🔴 Former Mayor Pete Byron pleads guilty to fraud
🔴 Plea deal includes prison time
🔴 Two other officials still face charges
WILDWOOD — The former mayor of this Cape May County shore resort town has admitted to illegally taking state health benefits, according to published reports.
Pete Byron, a Democrat, pleaded guilty to theft in superior court on Friday for the scheme, the Press of Atlantic City reported.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, Byron fraudulently obtained over $600,000 in premiums and claims through the State Health Benefits Program even though he didn’t qualify…