Oklahoma Senator Admits $1.8 Million Theft From Nonprofit

A two-term state senator admitted in federal court Thursday that he stole $1.8 million from the nonprofit agency where he worked and filed a false tax return.

Sen. Rick Brinkley, 54, admitted wrongdoing on all six charges—five counts of wire fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return.

He negotiated a plea agreement with the federal government and is due back in court for sentencing Nov. 20, when he could get up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the wire fraud and up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the false tax return, federal prosecutors said.