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Lebanon CPA guilty of fraud

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A jury  on Thursday found former Lebanon certified public accountant Doug Richardson guilty of four counts of wire fraud and six counts of money laundering. He was accused of a $7 million scheme to defraud his employer and clients.
Richardson, 46, was convicted on all counts contained in an Aug. 16, 2018 federal indictment.
Richardson, a certified public accountant, owned his own company, Douglas A. Richardson, CPA, LLC, since Feb. 2009. He was the former chief financial officer, treasurer, and CPA of Smart Prong Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from Dec. 2013, to June 2016.


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