MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that CHELBI GEORGE, age 42, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for POSSESSION OF A COUNTERFEIT OBLIGATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 472.
The charge arose from an investigation by the Muskogee Police Department and the United States Secret Service.
The Indictment alleges that on or about May 5, 2015, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant, CHELBI GEORGE, did with intent to defraud, possess counterfeit obligations of the United States.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing.
Assistant United States Attorney Melody Nelson represented the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
