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Date: 07-04-2021
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Case Number: 3:19-cr-00031-CWR-LGI
Judge: Carlton W. Reeves
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (Hinds County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Jackson, Mississippi wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Roderick Bell, age 42, of Philadelphia, an elected member of the Tribal Council for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, charged for federal wire fraud.
A federal grand jury indicted Bell in February 2019, charging him with one count of theft and one count of wire fraud for defrauding the Choctaw Tribal government. Between April 2017 and October 2017, Bell forged hotel bills and receipts and submitted those documents to the Tribal government in claims for reimbursement for official business travel.
Defendant faces a potential maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Acting U.S. Attorney LaMarca commended the work of the Special Agents with the FBI’s Jackson Division who investigated the case. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Theodore Cooperstein and Kevin Payne.
EMBEZZLEMENT FROM INDIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS
(1)
FRAUD BY WIRE, RADIO, OR TELEVISION
(2)
Outcome: Defendant pleaded guilty.
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