Post by Logan on Jun 8, 2016 3:47:53 GMT -6
Former American River College teacher sentenced in fraud case
Former American River College business instructor Gregory Scott Baker has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison in a fraud scheme that bilked the United Auburn Indian Community of more than $18 million through inflated construction project invoices and kickbacks, federal prosecutors say.
U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley ordered Baker, of Newcastle, to make restitution of the $18 million he and several other defendants funneled from the tribe during the 2006 and 2007 construction of a school, community center and administrative offices in Auburn.
In addition to defrauding the tribe, Baker, 48, was sentenced for conspiring to launder money and filing a false tax return, according to the announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert.
Baker served as the tribal administrator of the United Auburn Indian Community and was entrusted to oversee its building project, federal prosecutors reported. Sentencing occurred May 26. The tribe owns Thunder Valley Casino, but the building project was unrelated to the casino.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article82403227.html
Former American River College business instructor Gregory Scott Baker has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison in a fraud scheme that bilked the United Auburn Indian Community of more than $18 million through inflated construction project invoices and kickbacks, federal prosecutors say.
U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley ordered Baker, of Newcastle, to make restitution of the $18 million he and several other defendants funneled from the tribe during the 2006 and 2007 construction of a school, community center and administrative offices in Auburn.
In addition to defrauding the tribe, Baker, 48, was sentenced for conspiring to launder money and filing a false tax return, according to the announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert.
Baker served as the tribal administrator of the United Auburn Indian Community and was entrusted to oversee its building project, federal prosecutors reported. Sentencing occurred May 26. The tribe owns Thunder Valley Casino, but the building project was unrelated to the casino.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article82403227.html