A former Tulsa banking executive siphoned nearly $200,000 from his employer to pay off gambling debts, federal prosecutors charged Tuesday.
Blake Brian Ferguson, 36, was named in a four-count criminal information that alleges Ferguson paid his gambling debts by committing a variety of fraudulent activities while employed at Firstar Bank N.A., where his title was senior vice president.
One of the counts allegedly involve Ferguson causing an $81,000 check drawn on a Firstar customers account and made payable to Fergusons bookie to be presented to another bank.
The charging document, filed …
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