Former MT Native Womenâs Coalition executive director admits stealing federal funds
MTN News
and last updated 2021-02-05 15:12:24-05
BILLINGS â The former executive director of the Montana Native Womenâs Coalition admitted Thursday stealing federal funds for an unapproved trip to Las Vegas, Nevada.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney s Office, Sheryl Lynn Lawrence, 44 of Colstrip, pleaded guilty to theft of federal funds. Lawrence was the executive director of the Montana Native Womenâs Coalition.
Lawrence faces a maximum 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release.
U.S. District Judge Susan Watters continued Lawrenceâs release pending further proceedings. Sentencing was set for June 3.
Former executive director of Montana Native Womenâs Coalition admits stealing federal funds
MTN News
and last updated 2021-02-05 15:11:09-05
BILLINGS - The former executive director of the Montana Native Womenâs Coalition admitted Thursday stealing federal funds for an unapproved trip to Las Vegas, Nevada.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney s Office, Sheryl Lynn Lawrence, 44 of Colstrip, pleaded guilty to theft of federal funds. Lawrence was the executive director of the Montana Native Womenâs Coalition.
Lawrence faces a maximum 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release.
U.S. District Judge Susan Watters continued Lawrenceâs release pending further proceedings. Sentencing was set for June 3.
Judge orders US officials to weigh coal mines climate costs gjsentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gjsentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Former banker gets prison for bank fraud, money laundering Follow Us
Question of the Day
By - Associated Press - Sunday, January 24, 2021
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A former banker from Billings has been sentenced to a year in prison for approving bank loans to a man without disclosing his own private loans to the same man.
Stephen Phillip Casher, 47, was sentenced Friday after earlier pleading guilty to bank fraud and money laundering, The Billings Gazette reports.
Casher and many others were charged for their dealings with former coal executive Larry Price Jr., who has admitted stealing $40 million through various schemes. Price was sentenced to five years in prison last October for defrauding Signal Peak Energy and two private investment groups to which Casher belonged.
A former market president at Rocky Mountain Bank was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Friday for not telling the bank about millions of dollars worth of