A Prague woman was sentenced Tuesday on federal bank fraud charges and was ordered to six months of home detention, probation and to pay restitution.
Stephanie Jane Sands, 51, “was sentenced to 60 months’ probation, six months’ home detention, a $100 special assessment fee and ordered to pay restitution of $26,552,” said U.S. Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling.
Charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Beginning about January 2006 and continuing to about December 2006, Sands executed a scheme to obtain money, funds, credit or assets belonging to Citizens State Bank in Paden in the amount of $27,500, Sperling said.
“Auditors conducting a surprise cash count of teller drawers, as required for the annual director’s examination of the bank, discovered $27,500 missing from Sands’ teller drawer,” Sperling said.
After initially attempting to hide the cash shortage, Sands confessed to taking the money in small increments over the previous year, Sperling said.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over sentencing.
The defendant was ordered to begin serving home detention immediately.
Assistant United States Attorney Ryan M. Roberts represented the United States at the sentencing.
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A Prague woman was sentenced Tuesday on federal bank fraud charges and was ordered to six months of home detention, probation and to pay restitution.
Stephanie Jane Sands, 51, “was sentenced to 60 months’ probation, six months’ home detention, a $100 special assessment fee and ordered to pay restitution of $26,552,” said U.S. Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling.
Charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Beginning about January 2006 and continuing to about December 2006, Sands executed a scheme to obtain money, funds, credit or assets belonging to Citizens State Bank in Paden in the amount of $27,500, Sperling said.
“Auditors conducting a surprise cash count of teller drawers, as required for the annual director’s examination of the bank, discovered $27,500 missing from Sands’ teller drawer,” Sperling said.
After initially attempting to hide the cash shortage, Sands confessed to taking the money in small increments over the previous year, Sperling said.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over sentencing.
The defendant was ordered to begin serving home detention immediately.
Assistant United States Attorney Ryan M. Roberts represented the United States at the sentencing.
