Federal Grand Jury Indicts Pryor Car Dealer, Tulsa Bookkeeper

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TULSA, OK -- A 53-year-old Pryor man has been indicted for defrauding a bank in connection to loans for his car dealership, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney in Tulsa Thomas Scott Woodward.

According to the news release from the U.S Attorney's Office in Tulsa, Michael C. Hawkes is charged with participating in a scheme to defraud the First Priority Bank of Pryor. Hawkes is accused of entering into a loan agreement to finance the purchase of vehicles for his automobile dealership then concealing the sale of about 88 of those cars without paying the bank payment on those vehicles.

The loss ultimately resulted in a loss of over $1 million to the bank. Hawkes is also charged with making false statements to another bank for the "purported purpose of cattle breeding."

Hawkes and several others are named in the federal grand jury criminal indictments for May, 2010 as being charged with federal crimes. The violations must be proven in a court of law.

Also named in May grand jury indictments:

A 52-year-old Sperry woman has been indicted for a scheme to divert over $160,000 from a Tulsa corporation. Bonnie L. King was a bookkeeper at BCCI who allegedly made payments from the company's operating account to pay personal expenses during a four-year period starting in 2002.

She also is alleged to have made purchases for herself from area retailers such as Lowes, Home Depot and Office Depot using BCCI credit accounts.

Cheryl Lynn Goodman, 49, of Pryor, allegedly accepted Social Security payments for her son as payee despite his being incarcerated.

Donald Lee Booker Jr., 26, of Tulsa, is being charged with possession of a .40 caliber pistol with ammunition despite having two previous felony convictions in Tulsa County.

Ernest Adam Watson, 35, of Tulsa is accused of possession of 50 grams or more of cocaine base with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and possession of firearms and ammunition including a sawed-off shotgun. He has three previous drug-related felony convictions in Tulsa County.