Texas Man Sentenced for Embezzling from Chickasaw Nation
| U.S. Attorney’s Office November 05, 2010 |
MUSKOGEE, OK—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that ROY FRANCIS EWING, III, age 42, of Gainesville, Texas, was sentenced to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by 24 months of supervised release, for embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1168(b). He was also ordered to pay $47,000.00 in restitution.
Charges arose from an investigation by the Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. EWING was indicted in March 2010, and pled guilty in April 2010.
The Indictment alleged that from on or about July 16, 2009, and continuing until on or about December 10, 2009, the defendant, an employee of the Winstar World Casino, an Indian gaming establishment operated by the Chickasaw Nation, embezzled approximately $47,000.00.
The Honorable James H. Payne, Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over today’s hearing. EWING was ordered to report to the Bureau of Prisons on January 2, 2011.
Assistant United States Attorney Dean Burris represented the United States.