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FOR
RELEASE: November
28, 2007 |
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MUSKOGEE,
OKLAHOMA - Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Oklahoma, announced today that STEPHANIE JANE SANDS, age 51,
of Prague, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Bank Fraud, in violation of Title
18 U.S.C. Section 1344.
"Charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Beginning in or around January, 2006, and continuing to in or around December, 2006, SANDS, executed a scheme to obtain money, funds, credit or assets in the amount of $27,500.00, belonging to Citizens State Bank in Paden, Oklahoma," stated U.S. Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling. "Auditors conducting a surprise cash count of teller drawers, as required for the annual director's examination of the bank, discovered $27,500.00 missing from SANDS' teller drawer. After initially attempting to hide the cash shortage, SANDS confessed to taking the money in small increments over the previous year," continued U.S. Attorney Sperling. "The Honorable Steven P. Shreder, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the defendant's guilty plea and ordered the completion of a presentence report. Sentencing will be scheduled following its completion. The defendant remains free on bond pending sentencing." "The statutory range of punishment is up to 30 years imprisonment and/or up to $1,000,000.00 in fines," stated U.S. Attorney Sperling. "Assistant
United States Attorney Ryan M. Roberts represented the government."
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