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Date: 11-01-2022

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United States of America v. Jeannie Valentin

Case Number: 5:22-cr-00436

Judge: Bernard M. Jones

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

Defendant's Attorney:




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Description: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Jeannie Valentin, age 68, from Bethany, Oklahoma, was the credit manager for the Oklahoma City branch of Dealers Electrical Supply (“DES”). DES was an electrical supplies distributor headquartered in Waco, Texas. Valentin was responsible for the management of the consolidated billing for DES’s customers, which included processing checks made payable to DES and then forwarding the checks to DES’s accounts payable department.

Yesterday, at a change of plea hearing before United States District Judge Bernard M. Jones, Valentin admitted that in 2003, she added “DESCO” as a DBA (“doing business as”) to her personal WEOKIE checking account without DES’s knowledge or authorization. Valentin further admitted that between 2003 and 2017, she diverted approximately 144 checks sent from customers for payment to DES and deposited each of these checks into her personal WEOKIE checking account without DES’s authorization. Valentin further admitted that used these funds to pay for various personal services and expenses. As a result of this scheme, Valentin defrauded DES out of approximately $854,449.06.

A sentencing hearing will take place in approximately 90 days. At sentencing, Valentin faces up to 20 years in prison, up to a $250,000 fine, and up to three years of supervised release. She will also be ordered to pay restitution.

This case is a result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Oklahoma City Field Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Brown.

18 U.S.C. 1343 provides:

Whoever, having devised or intending to devise
any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtain-
ing money or property by means of false or
fraudulent pretenses, representations, or prom-
ises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by
means of wire, radio, or television communica-
tion in interstate or foreign commerce, any
writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for
the purpose of executing such scheme or arti-
fice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation
occurs in relation to, or involving any benefit
authorized, transported, transmitted, trans-
ferred, disbursed, or paid in connection with, a
presidentially declared major disaster or emer-
gency (as those terms are defined in section 102
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)), or
affects a financial institution, such person shall
be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned
not more than 30 years, or both.

Outcome: 10/31/2022 6 MINUTE ENTRY for proceedings held before Judge Bernard M. Jones:Waive and File Hearing as to Jeannie Valentin held on 10/31/2022, Plea entered by Jeannie Valentin (1) Guilty Count 1. Dft. released on bond per conditions of Release Order. (Court Reporter Susan Fenimore.) (dwl) (Entered: 10/31/2022)
10/31/2022 7 PETITION To Enter a Plea of Guilty by Defendant Jeannie Valentin. (dwl) (Entered: 10/31/2022)
10/31/2022 8 PLEA AGREEMENT as to Jeannie Valentin. (dwl) (Entered: 10/31/2022)
10/31/2022 10 WAIVER OF INDICTMENT by Jeannie Valentin. (dwl) (Entered: 10/31/2022)
10/31/2022 11 WAIVER of Jury Trial by Jeannie Valentin. (dwl) (Entered: 10/31/2022)
10/31/2022 12 Order Setting Conditions of Release. Signed by Judge Bernard M. Jones on 10/31/2022. (dwl) (Entered: 10/31/2022)
10/31/2022 13 Unsecured Bond Entered as to Jeannie Valentin in amount of $ 10,000.00. (dwl) (Entered: 10/31/2022)

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