Talihina 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 SHIRLEY LYNN STOUT, age 50, of Talihina, Oklahoma, was sentenced to three years' probation, with the first eight months to be served on home detention for embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1163. STOUT was also ordered to pay $34,171.79 in restitution.
Charges arose from an investigation by the Choctaw Nation Tribal Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. STOUT was indicted in November, 2010, and pled guilty in December, 2010.
The indictment alleged that from on or about November 24, 2009, continuing to on or about August 6, 2010, STOUT, a purchasing officer for the Choctaw Nation Health Care Services, used her government-issued credit card to purchase a wide variety of personal items.
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.