McAlester Resident Sentenced For Bank Fraud

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Bradley Scott Sutterfield, age 43, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was sentenced to three months in prison for one count of Bank Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344.

The charges arose from an investigation by the United States Secret Service.

On March 5, 2024, Sutterfield pleaded guilty to the charge.  According to investigators, Sutterfield presented two savings bonds which he knew to be counterfeit to the teller of a federally insured bank in McAlester, Oklahoma, and exchanged the fake bonds for U.S. currency.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.

Assistant United States Attorney Kara Traster represented the United States.