Former Financial Director of Counseling Center Receiving DOJ Funds Pleaded Guilty to Bank Fraud and Tax Evasion

On March 26, 2024, the former Financial Director of the Family Crisis and Counseling Center (FCCC) in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of tax evasion.   Deanna Long pleaded guilty in the Northern District of Oklahoma.  According to the factual statement in support of the guilty plea, from in or about 2014 through in or about 2018, Long issued unauthorized checks from FCCC’s bank accounts to herself with no legitimate business purpose.  The amounts of the payments totaled approximately $278,257.  In addition, during the same period Long willfully attempted to evade and defeat substantial income tax by not filing any tax returns to report her income to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and did not ever report the extra, illegal income she was receiving due to her embezzlements.  As part of the plea agreement, Long agreed to forfeit $278,257.54 and agreed to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $96,622.  The investigation is being conducted by the OIG’s Dallas Office, the United States Secret Service, and IRS Criminal Investigation.