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Little Eagle Man Sentenced for Embezzlement

A Little Eagle, South Dakota man has been sentenced for embezzling funds from an Indian tribal organization. Dana Fast Horse, 46, was sentenced to 1 year of unsupervised probation, a $500 fine, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Fast Horse was convicted of embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization. He was Vice Chairman of the Running Antelope District on the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation at the time of the crime.

According to the investigation, Fast Horse presented a tribal member with a $4,000 check, which he wanted her to cash and split the proceeds with him. The tribal member was unaware that Fast Horse was trying to scam her and was only doing it to get her to claim she was residing in his vacant house, so she would receive the benefits and split the proceeds with him.

Two Standing Rock BIA Special Agents directed the tribal member to place a phone call to Fast Horse, which was recorded on a digital handheld recorder. During the call, the tribal member informed Fast Horse that she had cashed the check he had given her, and asked him if he wanted his half. A meeting was arranged in which Fast Horse was handed an envelope from the tribal member, and the two BIA agents immediately arrested him.

Fast Horse consented to an interview with the BIA agents, in which he stated that, as Vice Chairman of the Running Antelope District, he knowingly lied to the council by informing them that the tribal member lived in one of his houses, which he knew to be vacant, in order for her to receive a $4,000 Salazar check. Fast Horse also informed the agents that he was to receive a portion of the money as payment for vouching to the council that the tribal member was actually residing in his vacant home.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Standing Rock Agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Troy R. Morley prosecuted the case. Fast Horse was indicted by a federal grand jury on November 14, 2013, and pled guilty on January 10, 2014.

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