Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Thursday that he had written a letter of apology to David Ostrowe, a former cabinet secretary of Gov. Kevin Stitt, and acknowledged missteps by a previous state AG who filed a criminal indictment against Ostrowe in 2020.
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December 18, 2020 GMT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s secretary of digital transformation and technology was charged Thursday with felony bribery for allegedly attempting to bribe members of the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
David Ostrowe, 52, was indicted by the state’s multicounty grand jury on one felony count of attempted bribery of an officer. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison.
Ostrowe is accused of threatening Commissioners Steve Burrage and Charlie Prater that state appropriations to the agency would be withheld if they did not waive interest and tax penalties levied against JCG Futures LLC, a company owned by former state Sen. Jason Smalley.