Austin Woman Gets 4 Years for Stealing $1.7M from Federal Non-Profit
· Texas Border Business
Star Rana Jackson, a former Executive Director of the American Indian Center of Arkansas (AICA), was sentenced to four years in federal prison for wire fraud. Jackson, 50, from Austin, embezzled over $1.7 million from AICA, a non-profit funded by federal grants. She had access to the federal payment management system and made unauthorized withdrawals from various grants. An investigation revealed she misappropriated funds for personal use, including purchasing cashier’s checks and subscription services. In addition to her prison sentence, Jackson must pay nearly $1.8 million in restitution and will face three years of supervised release after her sentence.
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