Date: 10-30-2014

Case Style: United States of America v. William J. Butler, II

Case Number: 4:14-cr-00088-JED

Judge: John E. Dowdell

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Shannon Bears Cozzoni and Catherine Depew

Defendant's Attorney: Steven Stidham

Description: TULSA, OKLAHOMA— William J. Butler II, 61, of Grove, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 38 months in prison for money laundering. Butler pleaded guilty on July 23, 2014, to a criminal Information filed on May 6, 2014.

Butler pleaded guilty to depositing $40,000 of funds fraudulently obtained from an elderly woman into a bank account in Grove, Oklahoma on June 19, 2012. Butler admitted that, in addition to the $40,000 deposited, an additional fraudulently obtained $33,985.85 was deposited from March 21, 2012 until June 19, 2014.

In addition to the term of incarceration, U.S. District Judge John E. Dowdell ordered Butler to pay restitution in the amount of $77,985.85. The court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $40,000 against Butler.

The matter was investigated by the IRS- Criminal Investigation.

Outcome: See above

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