BANGOR (AP) — The former finance director of the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s Pleasant Point reservation has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of stealing more than $20,000 from the Maine tribe.
Charles Fourcloud has been in federal custody since April 25 when he was arrested in California after federal authorities in Maine obtained a warrant charging him with theft from an Indian tribal government and three counts of embezzlement from an Indian tribal organization.
The Portland Press Herald reports that the grand jury in Maine indicted Fourcloud on those charges Wednesday.
Fourcloud, who has multiple aliases, is charged with stealing $20,052 from the Passamaquoddy Tribe by submitting false expense claims with fake supporting documentation, mostly for travel and moving expenses.
He was fired last year for lying about his identity.
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