Seminole Man Pleads Guilty To Theft From Organization Receiving Federal Program Funds

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Seminole Man Pleads Guilty To Theft From Organization Receiving Federal Program Funds

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Nov. 14, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Randall Pete Loftis, age 41, of Seminole, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Theft From Organization Receiving Federal Program Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(1)(A), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.

The Information alleged that from on or about Dec. 19, 2011, until on or about August 9, 2016, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant, Randall Pete Loftis, being an agent, employee, and officer of Enviro Systems, Inc., an organization which received in excess of $10,000 in federal benefits in each one year period from 2011 through 2016, embezzled, stole, obtained by fraud, and without authority knowingly converted to the use of a person not the rightful owner, property of a value of $5,000 or more, owned by, under the care of, and under the control of Enviro Systems, Inc.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Seminole Police Department and the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General - Defense Criminal Investigative Service.

The Honorable Steven P. Shreder, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.

Assistant United States Attorney Rob Wallace represented the United States.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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