Deborah Kay Jenkins, Bank Employee Theft, Oklahoma 2019

A Porter resident has been sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $68,885 in restitution for Theft, Embezzlement or Misapplication by Bank Employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 656.

Deborah Kay Jenkins, age 48, was found guilty of misapplying, embezzling, abstracting, and purloining more than $1,000 from First Bank in Porter, Oklahoma, a bank whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

According to court documents, Jenkins withdrew cash and transferred funds from the bank and misapplied, embezzled, abstracted, and purloined the funds from in or about May 2017 through in or about February 2019.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Office of Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“Financial institutions are vital components of our everyday economy. Banking customers expect their deposits to be secure in the hands of their local banks,” said Acting United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson. “Bank employees who embezzle and steal funds undermine that confidence, and it is the role of the criminal justice system to hold them accountable.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney Shannon Henson represented the United States.

Jenkins was sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay $68,885 in restitution. The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Office of Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – Deborah Kay Jenkins, age 48, of Porter, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay $68,885.00 in restitution.

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