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Date: 11-28-2020

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United States of America v. Johanna Estella Clark

Case Number: 9:20-cr-00012-DWM

Judge: Donald W. Molloy

Court: United States District Court for the District of Montana (Missoula County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Missoula, Montana

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Description: Missoula, Montana wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with embezzlement.

Johanna Estella Clark, 44, formerly of Kalispell and currently of Florence, was charged with wire fraud.

The prosecution said in court documents in the case that Clark worked for the Flathead Joint Board of Control (FJBC) from 2013 until May 2017. During those years FJBC was a government-owed and operated organization that represented about 2,400 irrigators in the Flathead, Mission and Jocko valleys. The board had 12 elected members and one full-time employee. Clark was the only full-time employee when she started in 2013 and eventually became the executive manager. Clark had the authority to make financial decisions for FJBC and had control of multiple FJBC bank cards and signature stamps for all of the board members, which she could use to issue checks.

In August 2014, Clark began making personal charges on FJBC credit cards and continued the activity until shortly before her termination in May 2017. Purchases included furniture, a calving pen, a guitar and accessories and tires for a personal vehicle.

Clark attempted to mislead investigators about her fraud by drafting a memorandum with signatures of certain FJBC board members that appeared to authorize her to charge personal expenses to FJBC’s bank cards. Investigators determined that Clark likely used the board members’ signature stamps to sign the memo, and the board members either denied or could not recall giving her permission to use board funds for personal expenses.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Racicot prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the FBI.

18:1343.F - WIRE FRAUD
(1)

Outcome: Defendant committed to the custody of the BOP for a term of 12 months and 1 day on Count 1. Supervised release for 3 years; conditions as stated in open court. Fine waived. Special assessment of $100. Restitution ordered in the amount of $265,131.76; interest waived.

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