COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum
announced on April 2, 2019, Carol S. Jennings, age 57, of Riverton, was
sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose for bank
fraud. Jennings was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay
$77,247.47 in restitution. As part of her sentence, Jennings will serve six
months of home confinement.
In November 2018, Jennings pleaded guilty to one count of
bank fraud. According to plea documents, Jennings admitted that while employed
as the clerk for the City of Riverton, she opened an account with a local bank
by providing a falsified document. Jennings also admitted to depositing city
funds into the account and then converting almost the entire balance for her
own personal use.
This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted
by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
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