OIG investigated allegations that former Chippewa Cree Construction Corporation (C4) Chief Financial Officer Violet Eagleman falsified quarterly financial reports filed with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) by overstating C4 funds available for the Rocky Boys/North Central Montana Rural Water System, MT.
Our investigation established that Eagleman submitted false quarterly reports to conceal that C4 misapplied Federal funds to projects unrelated to the Rocky Boys/North Central Montana Rural Water System Project. She pled guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Montana to a single count in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001, False Statement Regarding Federal Funding. She was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment and 2 years’ supervised release.