SPOKANE, Wash. — United States Attorney Pete Serrano says that the former Assistant Director of the Spokane Tribe's Division of Child and Family Services was sentenced to 25 counts of bank fraud and one count of embezzlement from the Spokane Tribe of Indians on Sept. 11.

Tawhnee Willow Colvin from Davenport committed these crimes while she was employed by the tribe, according to Serrano.

Serrano added that Colvin had access to the tribe's bank account that held funds for the care of the "needy" children who were in custody of the tribe.

“In an egregious breach of trust and solely for her own personal interest, Ms. Colvin exploited her position as the Assistant Director of DCFS for the Spokane Tribe of Indian to steal thousands of dollars from vulnerable children over a period of years,”

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