An accountant who embezzled $830,000 from a Norman oil and gas exploration company reportedly wanted to use some of the money to create a church for the “Perpetual Sinner.”
But Ronald David Kirkpatrick II, 51 also used some of the money he stole from West Star Operating Co. to make car purchases and fund vacations.
The Oklahoman reported Kirkpatrick pleaded guilty in federal court and awaits sentencing.
He worked for more than 10 years for the Norman-based company and used some of the stolen money for a business venture. The business venture was to have been a coffee shop and store called “Seven Elephants” and “The Seven Elephants Street Church for the Perpetual Sinner.”
Kirkpatrick could get up to 10 years in federal prison along with a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release.