Charles L. Gross, Jr., 65, a former assisted living businessman of Raleigh, North Carolina, pleaded guilty on July 21, 2025, to nine counts of Embezzlement of State Property. He was sentenced to 10 months minimum, 21 months maximum on one judgment. In an additional judgment, he was sentenced to 16 months minimum, 29 months maximum prison term. The second sentence was suspended for 60 months of special probation and Gross was placed on supervised probation with the following conditions: Gross paid $25,000.00 in restitution prior to the plea, he shall pay the remaining restitution of $99,225.00, and complete 100 hours of community service. Information presented in court showed that Gross, President/Manager and/or responsible person of Coventry Health and Management, LLC dba Granville House, Coventry House of Siler City, LLC, and Coventry House of Zebulon, LLC aided and abetted the businesses to embezzle, misapply, and convert to his own use State Withholding tax.