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Date: 09-20-2020
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United States of America v. Leslie Michelle Clark
Case Number: 4:20-cr-00024-GKF
Judge: Gregory K. Frizzell
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney's Office, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Description: Tulsa, OK - Criminal Law, Embezzlement, Bank Fraud
The United States of America charged Leslie Michelle Clark, ate 53, with embezzlement and bank fraud for embezzling $823,714 from her Tulsa employer.
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office white collar prosecution team won’t stand idly by while thieves like Leslie Clark embezzle from Oklahoma businesses,” said U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. “Fraudsters in this district can expect to find themselves in a federal courtroom and then in federal prison. On top of that, Leslie Clark will have to pay back the more than $800,000 of ill-gotten gains she embezzled.”
Clark was hired as a financial controller at a Tulsa company in 2014. As controller, she supervised all financial matters, including contracting, billing and paying vendors. In July 2018, Clark created a fictitious consulting company, opened an account for it, and caused her employer to pay for fabricated services never rendered. Clark falsely and fraudulently told colleagues at the company that the payments were for consulting services and presented false and fraudulent invoices from her fictitious company in support of her scheme.
Clark will report to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility on Jan. 6, 2021.
The FBI conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard M. Cella prosecuted the case.
18:1344: Bank Fraud; 18:982(a)(2) and 18:1028(b) - Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Forfeiture
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 33 months' in prison followed by 5 years' of supervised release and was ordered to pay $823,714.02.
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