Hugo Woman Sentenced for Tribal Organization Embezzlement and Theft
| U.S. Attorney’s Office April 06, 2011 |
MUSKOGEE, OK—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that JACQUELINE DENISE SMITH, age 45, of Hugo, Oklahoma, was sentenced to three years' probation for embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1163. SMITH was also ordered to pay $6,120.00 in restitution.
Charges arose from an investigation by the Choctaw Nation Tribal Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. SMITH was indicted in September, 2010 and pled guilty in October, 2010.
The indictment alleged that from on or about January 2, 2009, continuing to on or about October 26, 2009, the defendant, a part-time cashier for the Choctaw Nation Grant Travel Plaza, embezzled, by creating false refunds and then taking the cash for the refunds.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over today’s hearing.
Assistant United States Attorney Dean Burris represented the United States.