Quinton Man Sentenced for Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization
U.S. Attorney’s Office June 20, 2011 |
MUSKOGEE, OK—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that KEVIN RAY BOND, age 43, of Quinton, Oklahoma, was sentenced to five years’ probation for embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1163.
Charges arose from an investigation by the Choctaw Nation Tribal Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. BOND was indicted in January, 2011, and pled guilty in February, 2011.
The Indictment alleged that on or about July 26, 2009 and continuing until on or about June 15, 2010, the defendant, acting as manager of the Choctaw Nation Travel Plaza, would use the travel plaza’s credit card system to upload credits to his personal prepaid credit cards without paying the travel plaza for the credits. Restitution was ordered in the amount of $14,800.00.
The Honorable Frank H. Seay, Senior 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.