The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has filed lawsuits against former organization executives who were convicted of defrauding the zoo.
Suits were filed this week in Delaware County seeking foreclosures on the homes former zoo CEO Thomas Stalf and former zoo marketing director Peter Fingerhut to help pay restitution.
Stalf was sentenced in October to seven years in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the zoo of more than $2 million. He was ordered to pay $315,572 in restitution.
Stalf pleaded guilty in July to 12 counts of tampering with records and single counts of theft by deception, conspiracy and telecommunication fraud.
Fingerhut was sentenced later that month to five years in prison. He was ordered to pay $639,297 in restitution.
He pleaded guilty in July to 11 counts of tampering with records, three counts of telecommunications fraud, one count each of aggravated theft and conspiracy and a misdemeanor count of falsification.
A similar suit was filed against former chief financial officer Gregory Bell, according to the Columbus Dispatch. Bell's home is in Prairie Township in Franklin County. Bell was sentenced in August to three years in prison. He was ordered to pay $583,697 in restitution.
