Oklahoma authorities recently arrested eight people for allegedly attempting to distribute over 100 grams of marijuana throughout the state. The arrests are the culmination of an investigation that began in September 2016. According to local media, a 40-year-old man...
Year: 2019
Female employee of Oklahoma tribe charged with embezzlement
A recently released 19-page federal indictment has detailed accusations against a 44-year-old woman from Burnsville. She worked for a Native American tribe as the controller and eventually chief financial officer for some of the tribe's business entities that sought...
Two Oklahoma men charged with federal drug crimes
In late April, two defendants pleaded guilty to federal drug and firearms charges. The pleas were entered in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Oklahoma. According to media reports, the first defendant, a 40-year-old resident of Tahlequah, was accused...
Man accepts plea deal in Oklahoma marijuana distribution case
One of the couriers for a Tulsa man convicted of running an interstate marijuana distribution operation has accepted a plea deal. A news release from the region's U.S. attorney's office announced that the 54-year-old man entered a guilty plea for aiding a racketeering...
Oklahoma medical marijuana laws get overhaul
Marijuana laws around the country have been changing. Oklahoma is no different. In 2018, voters approved the legalization of cannabis for medical use. Since then, the marijuana landscape in this state has undergone rapid changes. The changes continue, too. For...
Guilty pleas in college admissions scam
Oklahoma residents have probably heard about the college admissions scandal involving affluent families and might want to know more details. Several families have been charged in relation to allegations that they used practices like bribery and fraud to get their...
Attorney Avenatti faces extortion, embezzlement charges
Some people in Oklahoma may have heard about the attorney for Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti, being taken into custody on federal charges in two different cases. One deals with embezzlement and the other with extortion. In the latter case, Avenatti is accused of...
Judge gives Paul Manafort lenient sentence for tax and bank fraud
Oklahoma is physically distant from the courtroom where Paul Manafort received his sentence, but the judge described Manafort's criminal activities as theft from all taxpayers. The judge chose to apply a relatively light sentence to President Trump's former campaign...
Why are small businesses inclined to embezzlement?
When you own a small business, you are investing in your livelihood and future. The last thing you want is to lose your investment through the capsizing of embezzlement. Anyone associated with your business may turn against what is in the best interest of its clients....
Tulsa pair charged with drug trafficking after raid
On Feb. 26, a man and a woman were arrested and charged with drug trafficking, according to an announcement by the Oklahoma attorney general. The defendants were allegedly stashing a large amount of drugs in their southeast Tulsa home. Officers from the Tulsa Police...

