Court documents show a federal judge sentenced Tawhnee Willow Colvin to 1 year in prison, 5 years of supervised release and more than $100,000 in restitution on Wednesday.
An Eastern Washington federal jury found Colvin guilty of embezzling more than $100,000 from the Spokane Tribe of Indians’ Department of Health and Human Services while working there as the Assistant Director.
According to court documents, Colvin made 50 fraudulent transactions totaling more than $50,000 from the Division of Children and Family Services to her personal account between 2019 and 2023…