A Choctaw man charged with embezzlement is wanted after he skipped a federal plea hearing on Wednesday, according to a report in The Oklahoman.
Rodney Alan Hager is accused of transferring over $7 million from his family’s business, J&B Pipe Supply Company, to Mall Concepts of Oklahoma, Inc. Hager is a former bookkeeper employed by the family’s oilfield pipe company from 2007 to 2014. He owned Mall Concepts, a shopping kiosk company with locations in Oklahoma, Texas and other states.
According to the news report, federal prosecutors allege Hager seized some of the pipe company’s blank checks and spent the proceeds. Hager allegedly opened four credit cards in his father’s name, the pipe company’s president.
In March 2014, Hager sent a mea culpa email to his uncle, the pipe company’s vice president, apologizing for his actions and laying blame on his gambling addiction, according to The Oklahoman.
In June of this year, Hager was charged with wire fraud and money laundering.