FARGO, N.D. (AP) _ A North Dakota woman who pleaded guilty to
stealing from a tribal organization has been sentenced to home
monitoring and ordered to pay restitution.
U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon has announced that Tanya Jetty, of
Saint Michael, has been sentenced to three months at a residential
re-entry center and seven months of electronic home monitoring
followed by three years of supervised release. Jetty is also
ordered to pay more than $95,000 in restitution.
Jetty pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy to embezzle in
two separate cases.
Prosecutors say Jetty, who was the Spirit Lake Vocational
Rehabilitation Program, misapplied funds from the program to
benefit her and her family members. She also applied for heating
assistance from the tribe without including the total income of her
household.
