Superintendent for BIA pleads not guilty over Fort Peck thefts

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  

Florence White Eagle, the Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana, plead not guilty in connection with theft of money from a tribal loan program.

White Eagle, 63, has been charged with conspiracy to convert tribal credit program proceeds by federal employees, theft from an Indian tribal organization, bribery, concealment of public corruption, public acts affecting a personal financial transaction and misprision of a felony. She allegedly received a $15,000 loan from the program in violation of federal law and allegedly took out loans in the names of other people.

Federal prosecutors say White Eagle was part of a scheme that stole more than $1 million from the tribe's loan program over 10 years. Three BIA employees and at least seven other people have been charged in connection with the case.

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