Embezzlement in Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes brings sentence

Nine people, including his wife Colleen Tabor, have been convicted, according to prosecutors.

•Colleen Tabor was sentenced Wednesday to four years of probation for taking more than $7,500 with her husband.

•James Wayne Pedro Sr., 69, of El Reno was sentenced in April 2006 to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $200,000 in restitution to the tribes and Oklahoma Housing and Finance Agency. He was an elected member of the tribes' business committee.

•Peggy Bigpond, 53, of Concho was sentenced in April 2006 to 16 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $32,000 in restitution to the tribes. She was Pedro's secretary.

•Lea E. Shantz, 42, of El Reno was sentenced in April 2006 to eight months in prison and ordered to pay more than $50,000 in restitution. She is Pedro's wife.

•Vera E. Franklin, 44, of El Reno was sentenced in October 2007 to a month in prison and ordered to pay $7,000 in restitution. She was a member of the business committee.

•Louella Oldbear, 56, of Del City was convicted by a jury in November of embezzling more than $17,000 and lying to an FBI agent about using tribal money to buy a car. She was secretary to a business committee member.

•Renee Island, 43, of Calumet was convicted by a jury in January of conspiracy and embezzling nearly $16,000. She was Tabor's secretary.

•Edward Dunn Whiteskunk, 51, of Hammon pleaded guilty in February to embezzling nearly $6,000. He was the tribes' treasurer.

•Roy D. Bullcoming, 54, of Seiling was indicted Feb. 20 on 15 counts of embezzlement and theft totaling more than $46,000. He was a member of the business committee.