The former executive director of the Ki:Ki Association -- the tribally designated housing entity of the Tohono O’Odham Nation -- on October 31, will begin serving a 12-month sentence on charges related to embezzlement, theft and failure to file individual and corporate federal income tax returns.
Loren A. Goldtooth, Sr., 52, of Tuba City, was found guilty by a federal jury in May of two counts of embezzlement/Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization, three counts of failure to File Individual Federal Income Tax Returns, and two counts of Failure to File Corporate Federal Tax Returns.
Goldtooth was also ordered by the Court to make restitution to the Tohono O’Odham housing authority in the amount of $52,239 and was ordered to cooperate with the Internal Revenue Service in resolving his outstanding tax obligations.
Between February 2000 and August 2002, Goldtooth, a certified public accountant (CPA), served as Executive Director of the Ki:Ki Association. During that time, he received $34,831 in overtime payments to which he was not entitled. Goldtooth also used his Ki:Ki Association credit cards for unauthorized personal expenses, totaling $17,861. These unauthorized personal expenses included charges related to 15 trips to Las Vegas and Reno, rock band concert tickets and tickets to a professional baseball game.
The "Common Ground" festival in American Indian parlance is a pow wow where Tribal affiliation gives way to ethic relationships shared by all American Indians. The pow wow was sponsored by the Maryland Indian Tourism Association in conjunction with the State of Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs.
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