Man who left dad's body at Nassau morgue to steal $25G pays back money, gets jail time, officials say

Christopher Bunn, a Queens man who left his father's body in the Nassau County morgue for more than a year and collected the deceased's pension and Social Security payments, was sentenced Tuesday to time served and full restitution, the state comptroller said.

Bunn pleaded guilty in October 2014 to third-degree grand larceny, a felony, and misdemeanor petty larceny after taking $7,542 in pension and $17,790 in Social Security benefits, officials said.

His father, James, a retired NYPD sergeant, died in 2010 with the funds electronically deposited into his account in the 14 months after his death.

Bunn, 49, who served 5 months in jail, paid back the money Tuesday in State Supreme Court in Queens, according to the state comptroller's office.

His sentencing had been postponed earlier this year when he couldn't repay the benefits, authorities said.

"This case is a warning to anyone attempting to steal state pension funds," state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said in a statement. "We are tracking you, and you will be prosecuted."

In another matter, Bunn was arrested in a federal fraud case in 2001 and convicted in 2004 of wire fraud involving a Manhattan telecommunications company where he served as chief executive. Bunn was sentenced to 9 years in prison and ordered to repay $5.9 million, but he kept his case in court for another 10 years with appeals. He was paroled in 2011.