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A Billings man has admitted to a scheme in which he defrauded the Crow Tribe by receiving checks from the tribe’s payroll account, forging the payees and having the payees cash the checks, according to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich. The defendant, Jonathan Cleve Brien, 43, pleaded guilty to two c
Jonathan Cleve Brien, 43, of Billings, pleaded guilty to 2 counts of wire fraud.
Jonathan Cleve Brien, 43, of Billings, pleaded guilty to 2 counts of wire fraud.
Brien admitted to forging the payees on the checks and having those people cash the checks at various entities and then splitting the money.