Former Sulphur Springs office administrator sentenced to federal prison for theft of government funds
According to court records, Bates obtained the signatures of city officials under false pretenses, then wrote those checks to herself and her husband. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 3:22 PM CST January 11, 2021
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Ark. A Gravette woman has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing federal funds.
According to court records, 34-year-old Codi Dannell Bates was sentenced Monday (Jan. 11) to over two and a half years in federal prison without the possibility of parole followed by three years supervised release and ordered to pay $184,934.06 in restitution on one count of Theft from an Agency Receiving Federal Funds.