Fuellgraf Electric Co. of Butler Township is closing after 75 years in business because of the theft of more than $1 million by a former controller who was treated like a son and listed in the will of late company president Charles Fuellgraf, his son Charles Fuellgraf III, said Tuesday in federal court in Pittsburgh.

Fuellgraf addressed the court before the former controller, Paul Harmon, 64, of Pittsburgh, was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to pay $1.46 million in restitution.

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