Feet Of Clay: Tribal Official Admits Embezzlement

From NewsRadio 1000 KTOK ~ A former business committee chairman with the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe admits to a scheme to embezzle $114,000 from the tribe's Lucky Star Casinos at El Reno and Clinton. He's Robert Tabor, 62, of Calumet who pleaded guilty Thursday in Oklahoma City federal court to conspiring to embezzle the casino money. Tabor and his wife, Colleen Tabor, 49, were indicted in August. The indictment against her is pending. Prosecutors contend Tabor and his wife were part of the conspiracy. She is also accused of eight separate counts of illegally cashing checks or receiving wire transfers of $7,646.60 from different tribal bank acounts. Robert Tabor awaits sentencing and could get up to 5 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

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