The Nation : $1-Million Theft Charged
A Farmers Home Administration county supervisor pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from the agency, in what is believed to be the largest such theft in the FHA’s history. Roy Brake, 29, supervisor for Kingfisher County, Okla., pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling government funds before U.S. District Judge Lee West. Jim Johnson, 23, an Oklahoma City businessman, and William Sigl, 33, a Kingfisher farmer, also pleaded guilty to conspiring with Brake in the scheme.
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