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The Swadley's Bar-B-Q scandal is an ongoing political scandal in Oklahoma involving the misspending of state funds by Swadley's Foggy Bottom Kitchen. Swadley's contracted with the state of Oklahoma in March 2020 to renovate and run six restaurants in six state parks. Between April 2020 and February 2022, Swadley's was paid about $17 million to ...
Weatherford is a city in Custer County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 12,076 at the time of the 2020 census , [ 6 ] a gain of about 11.5% over the 10,833 figure from the 2010 census . [ 7 ]
Edward H. Cook. Edward H. "Ed" Cook (born 1935) is an American businessman from Oklahoma. Cook has held numerous positions with the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, that City's chamber of commerce, serving as that organization's president. After a return to the private sector, Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating appointed him as his Secretary of ...
Wire fraud (embezzlement) Penalty. 19 years 7 months imprisonment. Forfeiture of $53.7 million. Rita A. Crundwell (née Humphrey; born January 10, 1953) is the former Comptroller and Treasurer of Dixon, Illinois, from 1983 to 2012. She is the admitted operator of what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history.
Coordinates: 35°34′04″N 98°39′03″W. Dead Women Crossing, also known as Dead Woman's Crossing, [1] is an unincorporated community on Deer Creek northeast of Weatherford [2] in Custer County, Oklahoma, United States, at an elevation of 1,509 feet (460 m). [3][4][5] The community takes its name from the unsolved murder of a local woman.
Skinner v. State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Williamson, 316 U.S. 535 (1942), is a unanimous United States Supreme Court ruling [1] that held that laws permitting the compulsory sterilization of criminals are unconstitutional as it violates a person's rights given under the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution, specifically the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause.
A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community. Local businesses are members, and they elect a board of ...
Embezzlement (from Anglo-Norman, from Old French besillier ("to torment, etc."), of unknown origin) [1] is a term commonly used for a type of financial crime, usually involving theft of money from a business or employer. It often involves a trusted individual taking advantage of their position to steal funds or assets, most commonly over a ...