Tulsa man pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $700,000 from former employer
By David Harper, Tulsa World, Okla. | |
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Cooley was employed as the regional human resources manager in the
In 2008, Cooley incorporated a consulting company, created a website for it and opened a bank account for it, with the intention to provide himself with extra income, his plea agreement says.
Cooley admitted in the document that beginning in the autumn of 2008, he began to create false invoices and would then submit them on behalf of the consulting business.
The
The charge outlined 17 related wire transfers, totaling more than
Cooley's plea agreement says that while the fraud was ongoing he spent money on items that included jewelry, airline tickets for vacations, vehicle payments and a Mexican condominium.
He also pleaded guilty Tuesday to not reporting
Cooley agreed in the plea document that the tax loss to the
U.S. District Judge
A tipster who worked in Newfield's accounting department called the company's ethics hotline to report Cooley, which prompted an internal investigation, Cooley's dismissal and the notification of prosecutors, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney
Cooley's plea agreement states that Newfield had a
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