Former Penn National bookkeeper charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars

A former employee of the Penn National racing office has been arrested and charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the racetrack, according to records filed by the state police.

Jennifer Petrillo, a former bookkeeper in the racing office, was arrested on March 12 and charged with felony counts of forgery and counterfeiting.

According to a report from the local ABC affiliate, Petrillo was charged with allegedly stealing $727,446. The stolen funds were used to buy “luxury spa treatments, LEGO purchases, a Tesla Model 3, plastic surgeries” and to fund stock-brokerage transactions and cash transfers, according to the affiliate.

Petrillo was fired from Penn National last year after the company notified state police about “recently reported suspicious activity,” according to a report prepared by the police.

“Through investigation, it was learned a former female employee conspired with a family member and fraudulently transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars and created false accounts, utilized false identities and businesses to receive the transferred money themselves via checks issued by” Penn National, the report says.

The report says that the crimes took place from July of 2024 to March of 2025.

The ABC affiliate reported that Petrillo was being held on $10,000 bail and has a hearing set for March 24 in the Dauphin County court system. Attempts to obtain arraignment records was unsuccessful.

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