MUSKOGEE, OK—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that CODY DILLON CORDELL, age 27, of Lindsey, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release for WIRE FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. The defendant was also ordered to pay $81,343.24 in restitution.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The defendant pled guilty in April, 2015.

The Information alleged that on or about March 13, 2013 to on or about March 15, 2013, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere, the defendant, CODY DILLON CORDELL devised and intended to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud Action Petroleum Services Corp. to obtain money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.

First Assistant United States Attorney Doug Horn represented the United States.