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Trio charged with stealing $1.3 million from Moorestown funeral home

Raymond Zale, 60, and his brother Ronald, 58, both of Stratford, and Raymond's son Sean, 32, of Sicklerville, were each charged Friday with two counts of second-degree theft by deception

Raymond Zale (left), Ronald Zale (top right), and Sean Zale were charged with stealing more than $1.3 million from a Burlington County funeral home.
Raymond Zale (left), Ronald Zale (top right), and Sean Zale were charged with stealing more than $1.3 million from a Burlington County funeral home.Read moreBurlington County Prosecutor's Office

Three men were charged with stealing more than $1.3 million from a Moorestown funeral home they were hired to run, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott A. Coffina reported Monday.

Raymond Zale, 60, and his brother Ronald, 58, both of Stratford, and Raymond's son Sean, 32, of Sicklerville, were each charged Friday with two counts of second-degree theft by deception.

Three Charged With Stealing Money From Moorestown Funeral HomeEntrusted with running the operation, they allegedly…

Posted by Burlington County Prosecutor's Office on Monday, March 5, 2018

From 2008 through 2016, prosecutors say, the trio diverted funds to themselves that should have gone to the funeral home, which ceased doing business in 2016.

The Zale family owns and operates the Eugene Zale Funeral Home in Stratford, the Eichel Funeral Home in Pennsauken, and Middleton Stroble Zale Funeral Home in Somers Point.