The former executive director of the Greater Carbondale YMCA is accused of embezzling nearly $100,000 from the organization over nearly three years.
Jason R. Mackie, 43, of 1521 Swetland St., Scranton, faces felony theft charges after he allegedly illegally withdrew funds from the organization’s accounts and utilized its debit card for personal gain.
The YMCA board of directors voted Mackie out of his position in April of 2024. The board voted him in as director in 2020.
Former Executive Director of the Carbondale YMCA Jason Mackie walks into the Lackawanna County Criminal Justice Center in Scranton Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
The board’s decision to vote Mackie out came in the wake of a lawsuit filed on Feb. 28, 2024, by Don Scartelli Construction Services & General Contractors Inc. alleging the Greater Carbondale YMCA owed him $200,000 for construction of a $544,000 splash pad project completed in 2023.
At that time, Mackie said it was a matter of waiting on grant funding to make the final payment on the project, which was funded through grants and public donations.
According to the criminal complaint:
The Lackawanna County District Attorney’s office opened an investigation in April of 2024, after Susan Mancuso, a member of the board of trustees, reported that Mackie had been taking money to be deposited into the organization’s operations account for his own personal use.
Mancuso said Mackie had been relieved of his duties as director, after concerns about his misuse of funds arose.
Employees became aware Mackie was using a card for personal use assigned to him by the YMCA and was failing to make deposits.
“While going through the credit and banking information to look for any other charges, it was discovered that multiple deposits which were to be deposited into the Operations account held at NBT Bank in Carbondale had been either altered or not deposited at all, going back a significant amount of time,” the complaint states.
A year-long investigation determined that the total amount of checks fraudulently written by Mackie was $16,800. A review of the organization’s records indicated that, in total, from December 2020 through April 28, 2024, Mackie had embezzled approximately $99,844.14 from the Greater Carbondale YMCA.
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