Kevin Lamorris McKenzie was sentenced last month to 14 years in prison on top of a concurrent five year prison sentence. He had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and embezzlement from a Native American tribe.
Prosecutors say McKenzie served as COO and then CEO of Apache Behavioral Health Services when he engaged in a scheme to defraud the organization and the White Mountain Apache tribe of millions of dollars.
They say he used contracts as a front to funnel money from the organization to himself.
The behavioral health organization paid more than $35 million to a group called Helping Everyday Youth. That group made a secret agreement with McKenzie, prosecutors say, and funneled the money to a shell company he controlled instead.
They also say he funneled money through a company owned by a co-defendant, Evolved Health Care Inc. who then split the profits with McKenzie.
McKenzie was ordered to pay back more than $33 million and surrender real estate and luxury cars, including a Rolls Royce.
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