Former Dartmouth selectman John George, Jr., who is already serving time in jail for embezzlement following a 2015 conviction, will spend more time in prison for lying to federal investigators about his wealth.

George, who pleaded guilty to a single count of obstruction of justice in March, was sentenced on August 17 to an additional five months in prison and $250,000 in forfeitures, which will be added to his 70-month jail sentence he is already serving for embezzlement.

The additional jail time is the latest in a years-long series of legal battles for the embattled former state representative and Select Board member. His legal troubles began in 2015, when he was found guilty of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority.

As the owner of both John George Farms on Slocum Road and the Union Street Bus Company — which operated an SRTA contract — he had bus company employees working on his farm during company work hours. He also inflated his salary from $75,000 to $275,000 to boost the pension he could collect from SRTA.

He was sentenced to 70 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $1.38 million and pay $688,772 in restitution in that case.

As part of the sentencing process, George was required to disclose his financial status. He told the government he had $160,000 in bank accounts and $28,000 in cash.

The federal government, suspecting George had unreported assets, obtained warrants to search safe deposit boxes in several South Coast towns. In late 2015 and early 2016, federal agents seized nearly $2.5 million in unreported assets, including cash, Rolex watches, and jewelry from the safe deposit boxes.

He was charged with obstruction of justice in April 2017 following the discovery of the unreported assets.

George served as state representative from 1989 to 1991. He resigned from the Select Board in 2015, after being found guilty of federal embezzlement charges.