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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A defense attorney says an accountant charged with helping the founder of Pennsylvania’s largest online charter school avoid federal income taxes on more than $8 million siphoned from the school has reconsidered a guilty plea.

Attorney Stan Levenson previously told The Associated Press that Neil Prence would plead guilty to conspiracy to commit tax fraud on Monday. But Prence’s appearance before a federal judge in Pittsburgh was postponed until Sept. 28 because Levenson says Prence “needs additional time to consider” the guilty plea.

He’s accused of conspiring with Nicholas Trombetta who pleaded guilty to the fraud last month involving The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. Trombetta will be sentenced Dec. 20.

Trombetta allegedly used the money to buy a Florida condominium, houses for his mother and girlfriend but socked most of it away for retirement.