Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele announced today the arrest of Arion “Jonathan” Singh (above left), 41, of Huntingdon Valley, Sydney Loveless (above right), 39, of Chicago, Ill., and Amar Persad (above middle), 46, of Cheltenham Township, for multiple felony charges related to the theft of more than $714,241 from Manor College.
According to the DA’s report, Manor College administrators met with Montgomery County Detectives on March 15 to report a significant theft from the college’s bank account and misuse of college credit cards by the college’s then-Vice President of Finance Singh. Administrators reported that he was using the college’s bank purchasing cards, called P-Cards, for unauthorized personal expenses rather than for college-related expenses as well as fraudulent payments to two companies.
A review of Singh’s P-Card purchases from January 2023 through April 2025 found that $451,241 of Singh’s P-Card purchases were for personal expenses, such as rent for a New York City apartment, a country club membership, food and fine dining, clothing, travel, airfare, hotels, entertainment, debt collection agency payments and other expenses.
A review of the college’s banking record also revealed numerous fraudulent invoice payments to “shell” companies that were not authorized vendors and did not provide services to the college. The two companies are: DLW Professional Services Group/Professional Services LLC, based in Chicago, and 3D Electric LLC/Powered Electrical Solutions LLC.
The investigation found that DLW Professional Services Group/Professional Services LLC lists Loveless, who is Singh’s romantic partner, as the manager or registered agent of the shell company.
Many of the checks to DLW Professional Services Group/Professional Services LLC were handwritten by Singh and not submitted through the college’s usual process for computer-generated checks, the DA said.
The invoices associated with these checks request payment for items such as construction and janitorial supplies, as well as the installation of appliances, electrical work and building repairs. Manor College officials do not recognize this vendor and said other vendors provided the services detailed in these invoices. The payments to DLW Professional Services Group/Professional Services LLC totaled $215,000 and were deposited into a bank account opened by Loveless on the same day as the first DLW Professional Services Group/Professional Services LLC invoice was submitted to Manor College.
The investigation into 3D Electric LLC and Powered Electrical Solutions LLC found that the companies were owned and operated by defendant Persad. The companies were recognized as legitimate vendors, although Manor College could only locate a small number of legitimate invoices. A portion of the checks to 3D Electric LLC and Powered Electrical Solutions were handwritten by Singh and not submitted through the College’s usual process for computer-generated checks. The loss to Manor College from 3D Electric’s overbilling and deceptive practices is $38,000.
The investigation also found that the three defendants conspired to launder the money obtained through theft from Manor College. Singh and Loveless, after falsely invoicing Manor College for more than $215,000, conspired with Persad to wash or launder the money through 3D Electric. Persad deposited the funds into a 3D Electric bank account then returned a portion of the money back to Singh as a loan repayment or reimbursement, which Singh then deposited into his own personal bank account as “clean money.”
“This small college, where 60 percent of its students are first-generation college students, was taken of advantage of by their trusted financial officer,” said DA Steele. “As soon as the theft was discovered, college administrators reported it to law enforcement and cooperated fully in the investigation.”
Singh, Loveless and Persad are charged with multiple felonies, including Corrupt Organizations, Dealing in the Proceeds of Unlawful Activities, Access Device Fraud, Theft and other offenses.
They turned themselves in on Friday, October 10 and were arraigned with bail set at $500,000 unsecured for Singh, $250,000 unsecured for Persad and $250,000 unsecured for Loveless.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on October 15.
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