U. S. Attorney Jim Letten announced today that two individuals have been charged with mail fraud in a one count bill of information. Forty-six year old Avondale, Louisiana resident Donna White and forty-four year old Whitesville, Kentucky resident Daniel Kinney were indicted on the mail fraud charges. Kinney is the boyfriend of White’s sister.
Court documents indicate that Donna White was employed by John W. Stone Oil Distributor, LLC from 1995 to October 29, 2007. The company is a midstream and dock fueling business located at the Port of Orleans. Her job duties included reviewing payments received by customers, including the companies Vastar, Apex, Harper, and Kiesel, and to match those with invoices for work performed. In addition, she was to reconcile overpayments by customers.
The bill of information alleges that White and Kenney entered into a scheme to steal checks and funds belonging to J. W. Stone, and that they deposited those funds into their personal accounts at Mississippi River Bank, Regions Bank, Kentucky Trust Bank, and J. P. Morgan Chase Bank. The pair reportedly stole nearly $13,000,000.00.
If convicted, White and Kinney face up to twenty years in federal prison, along with three years of supervised probation.
Special Agents of the FBI and United States Postal Inspection Service handled the investigation. The U. S. Attorney’s Office is handling prosecution.
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