CLAYSBURG - A Claysburg couple is facing a combined 281 charges after state police at Hollidaysburg contend they defrauded customers and the state through their Greenfield Township business.

Charles Elwood Weyandt, 57, and Constance Sue Weyandt, 44, both of 1086 Queen Road, were charged Wednesday on a slew of counts related to their business, Claysburg Truck Auto Imports.

State police said the pair failed to deliver on warranties to 20 customers who bought vehicles and failed to forward the appropriate funds to the warranty company.

Police also allege taxes and fees from 35 vehicle sales - totaling $14,062 - were never paid to PennDOT. The pair also is accused of failing to pay $28,552.80 to have four titles of vehicles they sold released. Investigators also said title work from two deals were altered before being sent to PennDOT.

Both are charged with four felony counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds along with 110 misdemeanor counts of criminal conspiracy, including conspiracy to commit theft by failure to make required disposition of funds, conspiracy to commit theft by deception, conspiracy to commit deceptive or fraudulent business practices, conspiracy to commit misapplication of entrusted property and property of government or financial institutions and conspiracy to commit theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received.

Constance Weyandt is also charged with two counts of tampering with public records, two counts of false swearing and 49 summary counts related to the titles of vehicles.

The Weyandts were sent summonses to appear Dec. 3 for arraignment and a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Craig Ormsby.