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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLIC NOTICE Anadarko
Daily News
March
24, 2001
Pursuant to Article XVI, Section 1, of the Constitution and By
Laws of the Kiowa Indian Tribe the Kiowa Business Committee is announcing the
meeting of the Kiowa Indian Council to be held at the Kiowa Tribal Complex,
Red Buffalo Hall, Carnegie, Oklahoma to April 7, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLIC NOTICE Anadarko
Daily News
March
24, 2001
The Kiowa Business Committee, of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday, April 4, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. in
Red Buffalo Hall at the Kiowa Tribal Complex in Carnegie, Oklahoma to hear
the recall petition on Mrs. Emily Satepauhoodle, Secretary. This hearing has a Kiowa Constitutional
foundation under, Article IV – recall and filling vacancies, Section 1, This
notice is submitted under the Kiowa Constitution and By Laws, Article XII –
Duties of Officers, Section 3, Secretary, Signed – Emily Satepauhoodle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLIC NOTICE Anadarko
Daily News
March
24, 2001
The Kiowa Business Committee, of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
has scheduled a public hearing for Monday, April 2, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. in Red
Buffalo Hall at the Kiowa Tribal Complex in Carnegie, Oklahoma to hear the
recall petition on Mr. Billy Evans Horse, Chairman. This hearing has a Kiowa Constitutional foundation under,
Article IV – recall and filling vacancies, Section 1. This notice is
submitted under the Kiowa Constitution and By laws, Article XII – Duties of
Officers, Section 3. Secretary, Signed – Emily Satepauhoodle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLIC NOTICE Anadarko
Daily News
March
24, 2001
The Kiowa Business Committee, of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. in
Red Buffalo Hall at the Kiowa Tribal Complex in Carnegie, Oklahoma to hear
the recall petition on Mrs. Brenda Doyeto-Myers, Vice-Chairman. This hearing has a Kiowa Constitutional
foundation under, Article IV – recall and filling vacancies, Section 1. This
notice is submitted under the Kiowa Constitution and By Laws. Article XII – Duties of Officers, Section
3. Secretary. Signed – Emily Satepauhoodle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FAMILY
STYLE BINGO IS SET
The
Anadarko Daily News
Thursday,
March 22, 2001
Carnegie – Satethieday Khat-gombaugh Inc. will be having a
family style bingo at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 23 at the home of Billy Evans
Horse, located three and one half miles east of Carnegie. The proceeds will be going towards
upcoming events to be held in April. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KIOWA BOARD TO CONSIDER RECALL OF BRENDA D. MYERS The
Anadarko Daily News
Thursday,
March 28, 2001
Carnegie, Okla.
(AP) – A tribal hearing board will consider the recall of the Kiowa Tribe’s
vice chairwoman, who says the ouster attempt has to do with a deal to operate
a tribal casino. A public meeting on
Tuesday ended with the Kiowa business Committee voting 3-0 to send Brenda
Doyeto Myers’ recall issue to the hearing board. Myers stormed out of Tuesday’s meeting, calling the proceeding
unconstitutional and accusing her detractors of illegally accepting promise
money from a Florida casino group.
Myers alleges that Kiowa Chairman Billy Evans horse and his closest
associates have taken more than $150,000 from Multimedia Entertainment Games
of Palm Beach in exchange for the exclusive rights to operate the next casino
venture. “Billy and his cronies are
truing to ram this $30 million deal through with Multimedia. “Myers said.
“That’s’ why they want me out. I’m
standing in their way.” The hearing
board may decide Myers’ fate. Two
committee members abstained. Tribal
member Gene Quoetone led the recall against Myers. He accused Myers of voting on various tribal matters last year
when five business committee members were not present as required by the
Kiowa Constitution. Horse, an
advocate of a new casino, said the Kiowa Gaming Commission has accepted at
least $50,000 from Multimedia to apply for a gaming license with the Nation
Indian Gaming Commission. But Horse
said the tribe isn’t obligated to any deal because of the money. Horse said Myers isn’t making sense with
her allegations. “Multimedia already
withdrew from the deal,” Horse said.
“So I don’t know what Brenda is talking about.” Horse will face his won recall hearing at
10 a.m. Monday. House’s administration
entered negotiations with Multimedia in July to build a $27 million,
95,000-square-foot casino on tribal trust land in Cotton County. Architectural sketches of the facility
included four restaurants, a bingo theater, a main gaming floor, a bus
driver’s lounge, a children’s entertainment center and administrative
offices. Talks with Multimedia began
about a month after the National Indian Gaming Commission shut the Kiowa
Gaming Center in Carnegie and after the FBI launched an investigation into
more than $2 million unaccounted for from casino coffers. Federal authorities cited the use of
illegal machines for the gaming center’s closure. “Are we going to mortgage the tribe’s future with this casino
deal?” Myers asked Tuesday. “That’s what they’re trying to do. And we have no business going into a deal
like that at this time given our current problems. We can’t even manage ourselves.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KIOWA BOARD TO CONSIDER RECALL OF BRENDA D. MYERS The
Anadarko, Oklahoma, Daily News
Thursday,
March 28, 2001
Carnegie, Okla. (AP)
– A tribal hearing board will consider the recall of the Kiowa Tribe’s vice
chairwoman, who says the ouster attempt has to do with a deal to operate a
tribal casino. A public meeting on
Tuesday ended with the Kiowa business Committee voting 3-0 to send Brenda
Doyeto Myers’ recall issue to the hearing board. Myers stormed out of Tuesday’s meeting, calling the proceeding
unconstitutional and accusing her detractors of illegally accepting promise
money from a Florida casino group.
Myers alleges that Kiowa Chairman Billy Evans horse and his closest
associates have taken more than $150,000 from Multimedia Entertainment Games
of Palm Beach in exchange for the exclusive rights to operate the next casino
venture. “Billy and his cronies are
truing to ram this $30 million deal through with Multimedia. “Myers said.
“That’s’ why they want me out. I’m
standing in their way.” The hearing
board may decide Myers’ fate. Two
committee members abstained. Tribal
member Gene Quoetone led the recall against Myers. He accused Myers of voting on various tribal matters last year
when five business committee members were not present as required by the
Kiowa Constitution. Horse, an
advocate of a new casino, said the Kiowa Gaming Commission has accepted at
least $50,000 from Multimedia to apply for a gaming license with the Nation
Indian Gaming Commission. But Horse
said the tribe isn’t obligated to any deal because of the money. Horse said Myers isn’t making sense with
her allegations. “Multimedia already
withdrew from the deal,” Horse said.
“So I don’t know what Brenda is talking about.” Horse will face his won recall hearing at
10 a.m. Monday. House’s
administration entered negotiations with Multimedia in July to build a $27
million, 95,000-square-foot casino on tribal trust land in Cotton
County. Architectural sketches of the
facility included four restaurants, a bingo theater, a main gaming floor, a
bus driver’s lounge, a children’s entertainment center and administrative offices. Talks with Multimedia began about a month
after the National Indian Gaming Commission shut the Kiowa Gaming Center in
Carnegie and after the FBI launched an investigation into more than $2
million unaccounted for from casino coffers.
Federal authorities cited the use of illegal machines for the gaming
center’s closure. “Are we going to
mortgage the tribe’s future with this casino deal?” Myers asked Tuesday.
“That’s what they’re trying to do.
And we have no business going into a deal like that at this time given
our current problems. We can’t even
manage ourselves.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPARKS
FLY AT KIOWA MEETING
Hearing
board to consider ouster vote for vice chair
The Lawton Constitution Wednesday March 28, 2001 By Rose Fischer STAFF WRITER Carnegie – The Kiowa Business Committee voted Tuesday to refer
a recall of Vice Chairman Brenda Doyeto-Myers to the Kiowa Hearing Board to
determine the need for a tribal vote.
At the second hearing scheduled to recall the vice chairman, Chairman
Billy Evans Horse used secret ballots to determine the committee’s
action. Three business committee
members voted that enough evidence existed to refer Myers’ recall to the
hearing board: two members abstained.
Committee members present during the vote were Joycetta Elliott,
Randlett Hall, Richard Tartsah Jr., William Tartsah and Secretary Emily
Satepauhoodle. Chairman Billy Evans
Horse postponed a March 15 hearing after Myers insisted that Gene Quoetone,
originator of the recall charges, had not served papers to her. The Kiowa Constitution requires the
serving of papers 10 days before the hearing. Myers opened the meeting Tuesday by declaring the hearing illegal. “I have not been served; the meeting can
go no farther,” Myers said, demanding her rights for another postponement. “I
am going to speak my mind; nobody’s going to shut me up. Gene Quoetone. You
brought these chargers on me; I will take you to federal court.” Questions
over Gaming
She attributed the recall initiative to the proposed Multi
Media gaming and entertainment center along the Red River and called the
venture “a$30 million hole that this tribe is going into. We can’t handle our own business; we have
bad credit. This gaming operation is
going to mortgage the tribe; we’ll never recover. I’m not against gaming with the right people, but right now
it’s not happening folks.” Myers said
Multi Media wants a business committee decision by March 30 (A unanimous
decision is required). “If they render me mute, it’s going to happen,” she
said. Numerous supporters spoke in
Myers’ behalf and others pleaded for unity among the divided tribe. Evans Horse then gave Quoetone the
floor. Quoetone said the charges
against Myers were his own effort and he received only public information
while forming the charges. Quoetone
said he resented not having a chance to answer Myers’ accusations at the
first scheduled hearing. Allegations
of trespassing
Quoetone said he talked to Myers on a cellular phone and told
her he placed the envelope of charges in her mailbox in Oklahoma City; he
watched from a distance in his car while she retrieved the envelope. Myers then filed trespassing charges
against Quoetone. The county sheriff
wanted $200 to serve the papers, but Quoetone did not have the funds. Walking across the room on Tuesday,
Quoetone handed recall papers to the vice chairman; Myers said she had now
been officially served and had 10 days to prepare her defense. Myers quickly left the meeting,
accompanied by many of her supporters.
One returned to the hall momentarily to say, “All the ones that’s in
here are crooks.” Next, Quoetone read
his charges against Myers, which included: acting in apparent disregard of
the Kiowa Constitution in adopting resolutions without a quorum, improperly
removing an election board member and clerk and violating the duties of the
vice chairman’s office. Quoetone
submitted an exhibit, an appeal filed by Myers’s attorney with the Secretary
of the Interior. The appeal included
a copy of Quoetone’s charges. “The
attorney filed this on Feb. 27, a day after I served her. You tell me she wasn’t charged. He used my
charges as an exhibit,” he said.
Defending his position in allowing the out-of-order meeting, the
chairman said he was giving Myers respect.
After Myers left and Quoetone spoke, Evans Horse proceeded with
motions to approve the agenda, which included holding the hearing. He called for the vote after determining
that Tuesday’s hearing was legal. The
chairman based his decision on Quoetone’s exhibit showing Myers’ legal
counsel prepared appeal papers the day after Quoetone left recall papers in
Myers’s mailbox. When asked after the
meeting about the Multi Media project, the chairman said, “We have all kinds
of proposals; what she (Myers) talked about was already history; there’s
nothing to it.” Evans Horse said the
nation Gaming Commission proposed a $100,000 fine and two other charges in
the Kiowa Grand problem, a closed tribal-run gaming center in Carnegie. “We’re trying to get that resolved; I’m
trying to clean up the whole mess and I’m having a difficult time,” he
said. “Hopefully, two or three weeks
from now, the Gaming Commission, will allow us to play bingo. We’re asking not to even pay a fine. We don’t have that kind of money. |
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Tuesday,
February 6, 2001- The Anadarko Daily
News
“The United States Supreme
Court has refused to review an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that
established Oklahoma state court jurisdiction over the Kiowa Housing
Authority.” Said Billy Evans Horse,
Chairman of the Kiowa Business Committee.
The Kiowa Business Committee and Kiowa Tribal Housing Programs had
asked the United States Supreme Court to rule that the Kiowa Tribe of
Oklahoma had jurisdiction over the Kiowa Housing Authority. The United States Supreme Court’s refusal
to review the case leaves the Kiowa Housing Authority under the control of
the Oklahoma courts. The Kiowa Tribal
Housing Programs, the tribe’s federally recognized housing entity, is not covered
by the Oklahoma court decision. It remains
under jurisdiction of the tribes and tribal courts. KIOWA CASE DENIED
Monday,
February 22, 2001 - The Anadarko Daily News
The United States Supreme
court has denied a petition brought by members of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
against the Kiowa housing Authority of the tribe. The petitioners — Randall Ware, Richard Kauahquo, Carol Frame,
William Tartsah and Wendell Autaubo — requested the Supreme Court to review
the unanimous decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court which confirmed the
Kiowa Indian Council as the governing body of the Kiowa tribe. The high court further said the exclusive
method for appointing commissioners to the Housing Authority Board is by
election of the tribal council. The
Housing Authority of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma file the case in 1998 in
response to wrongful appointment of the individuals to the Housing Authority
Board by the Chairman of the Kiowa Business Committee. KIOWA CONSTITUTION WILL BE REVIEWED TONIGHT
Friday, February 23, 2001 - The Anadarko
Daily News
The Kiowa Nation Economic Development Team will be reviewing
and revising the Kiowa Tribal Constitution Friday, Feb. 23 beginning at 7
p.m. The session will be held in the
conference room of the Kiowa Tribal Housing Programs, located at 1302 E.
Central in the Warrior Valley Plaza.
For more information contact Kimberly Toyekoyah or Kimberly
Johanntoberns at 405-247-3464. KIOWAS TO HAVE MEETING
Friday, February 23, 2001- The Anadarko Daily News
CARNEGIE — The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma’s. Kiowa Business Committee will hold a
regular monthly meeting at 10 a.m.
Saturday. March 3 in the
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KIOWAS
TO HAVE MEETING
Wednesday, January 3, 2001 - The Anadarko Daily News
CARNEGIE — The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. Kiowa Business Committee will have a
regular business meeting at 10 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001 at the Kiowa Tribal Complex conference room in
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LAKOTA
NATION JOURNAL
Vol.
1 Issue 38 October 23, 2000
Oklahoma City (AP) – A Federal grand jury now has the
financial records from a Kiowa-run casino the panel is investigating. The tribe’s chairman, Billy Evans Horse,
recently surrendered the records to the grand jury, said R. Brown Wallace, a
lawyer for the tribe. The FBI began
an investigation into the Kiowa Grand Amusement Center in Carnegie in
February after an independent audit showed more than $2 million was
unaccounted for from an estimated $5 million annual operation. Casino records voluntarily submitted by
Shan Gachot who had become casino manager weeks earlier, also indicated
thousands of dollars went to selected tribal members in a petty-cash scheme
under the guise of “emergency funds.”
Money made by the casino was earmarked for tribal programs such as
social services, education and economic development. Wallace said the tribe has nothing to
hide. “Days and days and days ago
–week ago – we told the U.S. attorney’s office and the FBI that we had a
group of documents that had to do with the tribe’s gaming operation, “Wallace
said. “Their response was, “We’ll get
to it when we get to it.’ The fact is the FBI now has, to our knowledge, all
the tribe’s documents concerning gaming.”
The grand jury subpoena ordered Horse to produce all bank receipts,
monthly account statements, checks, deposit slips, records of transfer of
funds by wire or collection, credit and debit memos, and customer
correspondence. A list of all
employees, files of all employees, account records and casino tax returns
were also ordered in the subpoena.
Wallace added the tribe also is conduction an investigation into the
casino operation. “We made it very
plain to the FBI that the tribe needed access to those documents for its own
investigation. “Wallace said. “The FBI said it was willing to cooperate,
but also make it very plain that their investigation would take precedence
over their cooperation.” Despite the
investigation, Horse has been leading negotiations with a Florida-based
gaming management group about building a major casino near Devol. Horse has said such a facility could mean
hundreds of jobs to the Kiowa people.
Some tribal members have questioned the timing of such a venture,
given the FBI’s investigation.
Below are copies of some letters recently
given to the Roadrunner, and obtained, to the best of the Roadrunner's
knowledge, from public record, as allowed
through the Freedom of Information Act. These letters provide a more detailed history on some of the
Kiowa Tribe's business. Some formatting may be lost in the transfer
to electronic medium, content remains unchanged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Anadarko Agency P.O. box 309 Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005 June
06,1997 Billy
E. Horse, Chairman Kiowa
Tribe of Oklahoma P.O.
Box 369 Carnegie,
Oklahoma 73015 Dear
Chairman Horse: This
letter is to notify you that the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma is hereby being
designated as “high risk contractor/ grantee” pursuant to the provision of
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circular a-102, the common rule, (implemented within the
Department of Interior at 43 CFR part
12.52). This
determination is based on the following: 1. The single audit for 1995 is delinquent as of February 1,
1997. 2. No time and attendance or equivalent records for
approximately $8,000.00 paid to the chairman from indirect cost pool. 3. A number of current and former employees and KBC members
have not cleared out FY- 1996 outstanding travel. 4. Travel policies are not being followed and supporting
documentation is not available to support expenditures and reimbursements for
a number of KBC members and employees. 5. The tribal corporate credit cards have been abused and
misused by current and former employees and KBC members. 6. There were 11 instances where the KBC received meeting fees
from P.L. 93-638 contracts. The
contracts do not allow for these fees. 7. General ledgers indicate non-638 programs were paid from
P.L. 93-638 funds. 8. P.L. 93-638 contract funds have been garnished due to a
bad debt incurred by the tribe. 9. The personnel policies and procedures are not being
utilized in filling positions and administering personal records. 10. The tribe has no written policies in place that restricts
who has access to the finance office. 11. Time and attendance records are not available to support
salary payments to some employees paid from direct and contract support funds. 12. No security plan for finance records. 13. Tribal records management system not being followed by
finance office. The following special
conditions are imposed on all Bureau P.L. 93-638 contracts/grants: 1. All draw down(s) that are requested under the P-638 system
must submit the following documentation (i.e., vouchers, purchase orders,
vendor invoices, payroll documentation, etc.) to the Anadarko Agency
superintendent to fully substantiate the amount of payment requested before
the payment request is approved. 2. All program and financial reports will be submitted to the
Anadarko Agency within the time period as required by the contract. 3. The tribe will work with the bureau to ensure the annual
audits are performed timely and in accordance with the timeframe as
established by the single audit act of 1984. 4. Management systems policies and procedures are to be
adhered to as required by the terms and conditions of all P.L. 93-638
contracts and grants. 5. Work with the bureau in closing out expired contracts. 6. Terms and conditions of all P.L. 93-638 contracts and
grants must be adhered to by tribal contractor. 7. Obtain technical assistance and training in the
administration of P.L. 93-638 contracts and grants. 8. Appoint a staff member to work with the Anadarko Agency
contracts office to ensure compliance with terms and conditions of P.l0
93-638 contracts and grants. 9. Provide training on travel policies and procedures to all
KBC members and employees. 10. Establish a security plan for the safeguard of finance
records and cash on hand. 11. The Anadarko Area Office, Supervisory Contracting
Specialist, Anadarko Agency Contract Specialist and Superintendent (COR)
shall perform periodic monitoring and reviews of the contractor / grantee
financial management system, programs and provide technical assistance as
needed or required. note: additional “special conditions” may be
implemented, depending on the
progress of corrective actions resolve by the tribal contractor. The
following corrective actions must be taken before the special conditions or
“high risk” status will be removed: 1. Establish written internal controls for the accounting of
P.L. 93-638 funds that are converted to cashier checks. 2. Provide supporting time and attendance records for a
number of employees paid out of contract support funds and programs. Require that all time and attendance records
be approved before advance of payment can be process. . 3. Close all contracts that have expired. 4. Resolve all outstanding travel advances to former and
current business committee members and employees. 5. Repay P.L. 93-638 programs in the amount of $594.00 for
meeting fees to KBC members. The
contracts do not allow meeting fees to be paid to anyone. 6. Complete FY-95 audit as required by single audit act of
1984. 7. Cease the utilization of P.L. 93-638 funds for non- P.L.
93-638 programs. 8. Require all obligating and expense documents to be signed
and approved by all authorized officials. 9. Cease the use of a mechanical signature on documents that
requires original signatures of approving officials. 10.
Require all KBC members and employees to comply with the travel policies and procedures adopted by the
Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma. 11. Train appropriate finance staff on the finance software in
use in order to upgrade or reprogram as needed. 12. Comply with tribal records administration system in the
utilization, storage, and safeguard of all finance records. When
the contractor / grantee has accomplished the above corrective actions, a
request for removal of the “high risk” may be submitted for consideration. We
are requesting your presence, business committee and appropriate staff
members at a meeting schedule for June 13, 1997, 10 a.m. in the conference
room, Anadarko Agency. The purpose of
the meeting is to answer any questions on the “high risk” designation,
provided instructions on special conditions and restrictions and corrective
actions that must be taken on all Bureau of Indian Affairs P.L. 93-638
contracts that have been awarded to the tribes. Sincerely, Sallie
Allen Superintendent Cc: Alva D. Tsoodle, V-Chairman, Kiowa
Tribe of Ok. Irene Y. Spottedhorse, Secretary,
Kiowa Tribe of Ok. Joyce G. Willis, Treasure, Kiowa
Tribe of Ok. Denis Kopepassah, KBC Gene Geionety, KBC George E. Daingkau, KBC Sharon K. Horse, KBC Executive Director, Kiowa Tribe of
Ok. Finance Officer, Kiowa Tribe of
Ok. Area Director, AOA Contracting Specialist, Anadarko
Agency Area Contracting Officer, AOA Joy Martin, Oklahoma Education
Office Hilda Manuel, Deputy Commissioner
for Indian Affairs Tony Howard, Chief, Division of
Contracting and Grant Administration Deborah Maddox, Director, Office
of Tribal Services James McDevitt, Acting Director,
Office of Management and Administration Office of the Secretary, Office of
Audit and Evaluation Attention: Fed Allgaier,
Box 25007 D-119, Denver, Co 80225-0007 File / Chrony/ Superintendent’s Reading File ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO: BILLY EVANS HORSE FROM:
JOYCE WILLIS DATE: JANUARY 15, 1997 SUBJECT: FINANCE DEPARTMENT Sometime
between December 26-31 someone
entered the finance office and took records from files. They also attempted to delete files from
the computers in the office and damaged Tony’s computer to the point of
having to have it repaired. In
checking with security , there seems to be no explanation. However, the fact remains that it
happened. The only persons with keys
to the finance office are Security , Tony, Josie and Sandra. The
only noticeable file in which records are missing is the file containing
travel vouchers on Sharon Horse.
However, it is impossible to determine at this point what other
records may be missing. Would
you please order a deadbolt attached to the door between Enrollment and the
Finance department. Also, this needs
to be discussed and I would appreciate being included in the meetings with
persons in which you meet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 02-14-97 To: Chairman, Billy E. Horse From: KBC Members Re: Financial Records Today,
we entered the finance office to review our financial records. We found that our files are
incomplete. It appears that our
individual financial records consisting of the finance back up copies of
checks and vouchers are missing not only out of our files but out of this
office. We felt that legal action
should be taken. These records are
the source documents for our record keeping and financial reporting
requirements. We do have resolutions
and policies and procedures stating how, who, and where these files can be
viewed. Our resolution states that
legal action is appropriate when documents are taken from the complex. We are requesting that you instigate
charges Tuesday morning. Thank you. Sharon
Horse KBC Member Dennis
Kopepassah KBC Member Gene
Geionety KBC Member Irene
Spotted Horse KBC Member Al
Tsoodle Vice-C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER COPYRIGHT PHILADELPHIA
NEWSPAPERS INC. 1993 DATE: TUESDAY MARCH
16,1993 PAGE: BO1 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: LOCAL LENGTH: LONG SOURCE: BY MARK FAZLOLLAH, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Former small-town chief faces big-time securities
probe. He left West Grove for the
much riskier world of banking. Now
James R. Paisley, Jr. is charged with federal fraud. As
police chief of little West Grove in Chester County in the early 1980s, James
Robert Paisley, Jr. worked in an Andy of Mayberry setting. But
the television show he favored was Dallas, and the character he yearns to
emulate was J.R. Ewing. So,
in 1986, he left police work to sell insurance and securities. He
got busy quickly. He
founded an insurance company, James R. Paisley & Associates, and a
securities brokerage, Delaware Capital Corp., In Exton. Then he opened an outfit called Settlers
Trust Savings Bank in Chester County.
Finally, Paisley became Chief Executive Officer of Capital
International Bank, based on an Indian reservation in Oklahoma. And
he began living like a TV tycoon, often traveling to island hideaways with
women on his arm. Last
May, during career day at his alma mater,
Avon Grove High School, Paisley told students that they didn’t need college,
that they could quickly make their fortunes as international banks like him. All
that was before September, when Paisley was indicted on federal bank fraud
charges, accused of luring banks and credit unions to invest in worthless
securities that he printed at the local Sir Speedy. Now
former employees say Settlers Trust was bogus, nothing more than an extra
phone line installed at a strip mall
office. State and Federal
investigators in Oklahoma say Capital International appears to be little than
a phone in a trailer parked on “Kiowa” Indian land. And
Paisley’s efforts to sell Capital International letters of credit to
executives of an unlicensed bank in Canada have prompted a separate
investigation by the Mounties. In
an interview, Paisley denied wrongdoing and blamed his problem on his
co-defendant in the Philadelphia indictment, David L. Maddox, who was convicted of bank fraud in a
separate case and is a fugitive believed to be in Europe. Paisley
said he had been unfairly blamed for the bond failures for which he said the
owners of the firm were responsible. Gary
Wilhelm of Wilmington said he invested $20,000.00 because he believed
Paisley’s honesty- especially, he said because Paisley told him he had been a
Delaware State Police trooper. “it
sounded real good, 16 percent. “Wilhelm said. “I knew he was a trooper at one time, so I figured he was up
with me.” The Delaware State Police said Paisley never
worked for the agency. Wilhelm
said Paisley has not repaid the $20,000.00 although he has been paying some
interest. The
bankruptcy filing was the first time Settlers Trust’s name appeared in court
records - with Settlers claiming the investment firm owed it $16,760.00. Two
former Delaware Capital employees said an extra telephone was installed at
the Exton office in 1990, and Paisley told workers to answer it, “Settlers
Trust.” According
to the indictment, by February 1991 Paisley was promoting Settlers Trust
investments. Paisley
had the local Sir Speedy print copies of Settlers trust certificates of
deposit, one Chester County police investigator said. The
federal indictment said that by working with Maddox, Paisley was able to
peddle his phony c.d.'s to 10 unsuspecting banks and credit unions from El
Paso to Minneapolis. Credit
unions and small banks often buy certificates of deposit and other
investments if they have excess cash. Cynthia A. Price, who worked with
Paisley for two years, said Paisley got those deals started simply by opening
a $100.00 savings account at the Peoples Bank of Oxford in the name of
Settlers Trust. The out-of-town financial institutions were persuaded to send
investments to the People's account, explaining that Settlers was just
opening its doors, said Price and bank regulators. “Settlers
wasn’t a bank, it was just a phone.” Price said in an interview. In
April 1991, money started pouring into the Settlers account- which so held
nearly $1 million, the indictment said. The
state officials said that if the account had been in a major center city
bank, the transfers might have gone unnoticed. But at tiny Peoples Bank of Oxford, $1 million in transfers set
off alarm bells. “This
guy (Maddox) has created a lot of problems for us. Now he takes off and across the pond,” Paisley said in an
interview, referring to the Atlantic Ocean.
“I will on the record say he set me up.” He
declined to give details of Maddox's role, saying that because of the
indictment he could provide only limited information. Paisley
, now 40, became West Grove’s police chief in 1979. Police
work in West Grove is not the stuff of a TV series. The only disorder in the town of 2,200 seems to be the bicycles
sprawling over its carefully manicured lawns. In 1987. Then-mayor Scott Staule gave a seminar lecture titled
“The Small Town Still Survives.” Paisley
was not content with the Andy- of - Mayberry life. While
still police chief, he passed the state insurance agents’ test and started
working for West Grove’s A.L. Williams insurance. Two
months after he left the police in 1986, he passed the Pennsylvania
Securities Commission Broker‘s test. Gerry
Simpson, who succeeded Paisley as West Grove‘s Police Chief, said Paisley
took full advantage of the trust he had built as West Grove’s Police Chief. He
said Paisley recruited police officers from around the county to work under
him at A.L. Williams, which paid Paisley a fee for the sales of each agent he
brought in. “You
can always give that ‘I'm the ex-chief of police’ line,” Simpson said. “that goes a long way.” Simpson
said there was another thing about Paisley.
He never stopped talking about Dallas. “That
was the show he watched religiously every Friday night,” Simpson said. Becoming
a tycoon required more that selling securities and insurance with A.L.
Williams insurance. In
1988, Paisley struck out on his own.
He started selling insurance through James R. Paisley &
Associates, and then opened Delaware Capital Co. At Exton's colonial 100
shopping center. Delaware Capital
arranged mortgages, sold securities, and made small- business loans. The
same year, he represented a now-bankrupt Montgomery county investment firm,
persuading a group of Delaware and Pennsylvania residents to invest
debentures - bonds not backed by any collateral. The bonds were supposed to pay 10 percent
to 16 percent annual interest be repaid within five years. Instead,
the firm went bankrupt in 1989, and the investors were paid about 10 cents on
the dollar. People's
contacted the State Banking Department, which called in the State Attorney General.
Banking officials said that if the deposits had not been detected, Paisley
could have withdrawn the money from the peoples account and disappeared. “We
immediately saw this as a scam” said one banking department official, who
asked not to be identified. “They
didn’t have the FDIC (federal deposit insurance corp.) Insurance. They had absolutely no legal existence”. To
be licensed in Pennsylvania, a bank must be chartered and fulfill
requirements for capital and banking experience. “Obviously, Paisley didn’t
go through any of this, said banking department spokeswoman Stephanie c.
Maurer. On
April 8, 1991, state agents raided Paisley’s office in West Grove and Exton. Within
72 hours, Paisley reached an agreement with the state that Settlers Trust
would stop. By late April, the $1
million had been returned the 10 institutions. After
that, Paisley said, he believed the case was “settled and gone away.” He
stressed, “ I never took any money.
No money came that I had any control. The
State Attorney General’s office told the U.S. Attorney’s office in
Philadelphia that federal banking laws apparently had been violated. The FBI
was called in. Sir
Speedy cooperated with the investigation and provided stacks of what were
supposed to be Settlers Trust certificates of deposit, one Chester county
police official said. Despite
the Settlers setback, Paisley has continued banking activities. Each month he
travels to Oklahoma, where he is Chief Executive Officer of Capital
International Bank, according to capital board chairman Joseph T.
Goombi. Goombi,
who until October was chairman of the “Kiowa nation of Oklahoma” and
Paisley said Capital was not a
typical bank. “It’s
not an FDIC bank. It’s not a state
bank. It’s a sovereign bank” said Paisley,
explaining that Capital operates out of a trailer parked on “Kiowa” Indian
land - thereby free of state and federal regulations. Oklahoma’s
Deputy Banking Commissioner, Charles Griffith, said potential investors from
as far away as New Jersey have made inquires about Capital. He said the U.S. Comptroller of currency
issued a warning two years ago that Capital had no legal standing with the
United States as a bank. “When
they (u.s. Banking officials) don’t have jurisdiction, when they can’t control
you, “he said, “They think that everything is crooked.” Goombi
said the bank had been largely inactive for two years because of the comptroller’s warning. But
he said Paisley regularly visits the trailer in Anadarko to discuss business
- including a potential deal with the National Indian Bank in Hull, Quebec. Jean-Louis
Dumont, contacted in Hull, said he was the Vice Chairman of the Indian
bank. He said he and his boss,
Carroll Tinnier, had a deal with Paisley to buy letters of credit . In
banking, a letter of credit often serves as a form of collateral, bona fide
for a person seeking loans. Paisley said Tinnier agreed to buy
Capital’s letters of credit, but the deal eventually fell through. Even
though Paisley said the Canadian deal never materialized, officials in Ottawa
want more details. “We’re
very interested,” said bank regulator Robert Mitchell, who works for Canada's
equivalent of the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. He said letters of credit from foreign banks must be backed by real
assets. U.S.
law enforcement officials say they considered Paisley’s activities unusual,
particularly the mass with which he was able to operate. “I
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