Two former Fort Peck tribal employees pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to their roles in the theft of $1 million from a credit program, according to an AP article published yesterday in GreatFallsTribune.com.
Evadna Running Bear and Angelita Headdress, both who served as accounting technicians for the Fort Peck Credit Program, are accused of embezzling money from the program and attempting to hide it by altering computer information and using different names on loans. The activity occurred from Aug. 1999 to May 2009.
The two are among six people to plead guilty in this case. They will be sentenced in October.
Greed is not an Indian value at least not in our tribe. It seems todays tribal members will do anything for money. What makes a person attempt to steal from their own tribe? They should be banned from their tribe. Its tribes like this that gives a bad name to Indian Country today!
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