TUCSON, Ariz. — The former CEO of a health care provider for the White Mountain Apache Tribe has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for an embezzlement scheme.
Kevin McKenzie, 49, of Tucson was ordered to pay $33 million in restitution when he was sentenced on Oct. 16 in federal court after pleading guilty to embezzlement and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Arizona.
The defendant had served as COO and then CEO of Apache Behavioral Health Services, an agency tasked with providing services to members of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in eastern Arizona…