The $7 million in fraud was perpetrated in connection with the construction of the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma.Lauri Ann Parsons and Brent Alan Parsons, the owner and vice president, respectively, of Builders Steel in Tulsa, pleaded guilty to providing lavish gifts and vacations to executives and employees of Flintco and the Choctaw Nation in exchange for preferential treatment in bidding, higher prices, and cash advances on services not delivered.Īlso charged and pleading guilty were former Flintco vice president Cordell Alan Bugg, former Scott Rice salesman and Builders Steel employee James Winfield Stewart, Flintco project manager Jerry Mark Eshenroder, and Choctaw Nation project manager Allen Mark Franklin. Earlier this week, six people pleaded guilty to white collar crimes including bribery and money laundering in connection with casino construction associated with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.