Navajo Nation looks into alleged mismanagement in Shiprock

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  

The Navajo Nation Department of Justice is reviewing allegations of mismanagement at the Shiprock Chapter in New Mexico.

Tribal members say chapter leaders have misused more than $1 million in funds. They say the chapter's bank account has gone from $820,000 in August 2009 to nearly nothing a year later.

The Office of White Collar Crime is looking into the claim. Chapter Vice President Donald Benally called the allegations politically motivated.

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Shiprock Chapter faces more financial scrutiny (The Farmington Daily Times 2/15)