September 3, 2020: A Seminole man was sentenced to four years of probation and ordered to pay $249,000 in restitution for Theft from Organization Receiving Federal Program Funds in violation of U.S. Code Section 666(a)(1)(A). The charges were first investigated by the Seminole Police Department and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (“DCIS”) of the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General. The information alleged that the defendant was an agent, employee, and officer of an organization that received over $10,000 in federal benefits in each one year from 2011 through 2016, and that the defendant stole, embezzled, and otherwise obtained by fraud property with a value of $5,000 or more that was owned and under the care of that organization. Throughout these years, the defendant had fraudulently used a company credit card to purchase items valued at nearly $250,000 for his personal enrichment.