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Source: Tulsa World, Okla.mini storageAug. 05--MUSKOGEE -- Six people were indicted Monday in federal court in connection with two bribery investigations involving the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Flintco and a host of sub-contracting agencies involved with casino construction projects.The alleged bribes include lavish trips by private jet, vehicles, hunting and golf trips, an African safari, firearms, tuition payments for private school, a lake home, furniture, kitchen remodels and more than $1 million spent on expensive gifts, including at least $855,000 spent at Louis Vuitton.Lauri Ann Parsons, owner of Builders Steel, and her husband, Brent Alan Parsons, vice president of Builders Steel; Cordell Alan Bugg, former vice president of Flintco's pre-construction services; and James Winfield Stewart, a sales executive for Scott Rice, an office furniture company, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit theft or bribery. Bret Parsons and Stewart also face money laundering charges.In addition, Mark Eshenroder, Flintco's former project manager for the Durant casino and hotel construction project, and Allen Mark Franklin, the Durant-based tribe's project manager, are accused of conspiracy to commit theft or bribery.Lauri Parsons waved her right to a jury trial Monday morning and pleaded guilty. She agreed to cooperate with the ongoing investigation and could receive up to five years in prison.Bugg also pleaded guilty Monday and agreed to cooperate with the investigation.The Parsonses along with Bugg and his wife are accused of taking a trip to New York City in July 2008 on Builders Steel's tab.The lavish trip included accommodations at the Ritz Carlton Hotel and about $50,000 in purchases from Louis Vuitton.That same month the Parsonses, through Builders Steel, paid for the Bugg family to flself storage to San Diego, Calif., a flight worth more than $4,000.In November, the Parsonses had their company pay for a Las Vegas trip for them and the Buggs, where they stayed at the Wynn Vegas Hotel for more than $8,200.Brent Parsons is also accused of arranging a Pebble Beach golf trip attended by the executive director of construction administration for the tribe, who is named as a yet unindicted co-conspirator, and a Flintco project manager, who is also an unindicted co-conspirator.Other trips include a $97,000 trip by private jet to Acoma, New Mexico, to hunt big game, and private jet trips to Dallas and Mexico.The Parsonses are also alleged to have used their company to buy Bugg a new Chevrolet Suburban and pay off the debt on his Volvo. The Suburban was seized in the investigation.They are accused of selling a 2009 Cadillac Escalade to the tribe's executive director of construction administration for $25,000. Records show Builders Steel had purchased the Escalade for nearly $80,000 less than a year before.Stewart is accused of knowingly engaging in monetary transactions through a bank that resulted in criminally derived property in excess of $10,000.Eshenroder is alleged to have arranged for Flintco to pay for a kitchen remodel at Franklin's personal residence worth more than $5,000.The remodel included granite countertops, cabinets and flooring.The indictment alleges that the kitchen remodel was provided with the intent to influence and reward Franklin for their business relationship.The charges were filed by way of information, which typically means that the defendants plan to enter guilty pleas in connection with a plea agreement.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉