As the government grapples with a funding lapse, continuity in legal actions against financial crimes has not waned. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma has remained active, securing sentences in a series of bank fraud and mail theft cases in an effort to safeguard the financial integrity of Oklahoma citizens.
Facing the music, 43-year-old Aaron D. Johnson, the erstwhile head honcho of Farmers Bank, received a six-month federal prison sentence, one year of home confinement, and two years of supervised release, per the details shared by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Adding to his penance, Johnson has been ordered to cough up $102,069.44 in restitution, along with a significant $100,000 fine for his infringements. His scheme involved using bank resources for personal gain and masking a shortfall in funds via a duplicitous loan advance.
Adding to the list of convicts is Deonte Montrell Hornsby, 28, who is serving a 21-month federal prison term for conspiring to commit bank fraud and possession of stolen mail. Between December 2024 and April 2025, Hornsby purloined mail from deposit boxes using a pinched postal service key and artfully altered checks for financial gain. The endgame of their ploy divested victims of nearly $73,000…