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Ravia Woman Sentenced To 60 Months Probation, $78,000 Restitution For Theft Of Government Funds

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that MARNITA CAROL FOSTER a/k/a Marnita Carol Parker, age 48, of Ravia, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $78,939.50 in restitution for THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General.  The defendant pled guilty in March, 2015.

The Indictment alleged that on or about October 16, 2009, and continuing until on or about May 1, 2014, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, defendant MARNITA CAROL FOSTER a/k/a Marnita Carol Parker, did knowingly and willfully embezzle, steal, and purloin money of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a department or agency of the United States, namely, Department of Veterans Affairs Dependency and Indemnity Compensation payments to which she knew she was not entitled, having a value in excess of $1,000.00.

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

Assistant United States Attorney Rob Wallace represented the United States.

Updated February 4, 2016