Kristen Renea Brown, Wire Fraud, Oklahoma 2014

A Madill woman was sentenced to 36 months of probation and ordered to pay $15,923.60 in restitution for her role in a wire fraud scheme, federal authorities announced.

Kristen Renea Brown, 19, of Madill, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 3 years of probation and ordered to pay $15,923.60 in restitution after pleading guilty to a single count of wire fraud in September 2014.

The charges against Brown arose from a federal investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

According to court documents, Brown executed a scheme to defraud an account holder at Landmark Bank in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, transferring money from the bank account into her own account and using debit cards to purchase items for her own use and the use of others.

Brown's scheme involved transmitting and causing to be transmitted by means of wire communication in interstate commerce writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing and attempting to execute the scheme and artifice to defraud.

The Honorable James H. Payne, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.

Assistant United States Attorney Chris Wilson represented the United States in the case.

Madill is a city located in Marshall County, Oklahoma.

Brown's sentencing date was not specified in the press release, but she pleaded guilty to the charges in September 2014.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edok/pr/madill-woman-sentenced-36-months-probation-15900-restitution-wire-fraud