By PATRICK FORD Okmulgee Times Editor A Henryetta woman was one of two individuals named in a recent federal grand jury indictment. The U.S.
By PATRICK FORD
Okmulgee Times Editor
A Henryetta woman was one of two individuals named in a recent federal grand jury indictment.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced last week that Stacey Becker Lawson, 41, has been indicted for Theft, Embezzlement or Misapplication by Bank Employee.
The indictment alleges that Lawson, an employee of the American Exchange Bank of Henryetta, did “willfully misapplied, embezzled, abstracted, and purloined more than $1,000 of the moneys, funds, assets and securities entrusted to the custody and care of American Exchange Bank of Henryetta, in that the defendant withdrew cash and transferred funds from the bank and misapplied, embezzled, abstracted and purloined the funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 656.”
The crime occurred sometime in 2015 and continued through June 13, 2018.
If convicted, Lawson faces a punishment of not more than 30 years and a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Also named in the September Federal Grand Jury Indictment was Jeannie Irene Stegner, 52, of Valley View, Texas. She has been charged with two counts of Theft by Officers of an Indian Gaming Establishment.
Her charges stem from two alleged thefts at the Chickasaw Nation WinStar World Casino and Resort in June. The charges arose from an investigation by the Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Stegner is facing up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000 if found guilty.
Federal prison sentences are non-paroleable.
