Compliance Violation Case Library

42 documented enforcement actions across 45 regulated industries

EntityLocationYearIndustryPenaltyDeaths
Apache Behavioral Health Services / White Mountain Apache Tribe Whiteriver, AZ 2015 Tribal Governments $33.2M
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians Orland, CA 2009 Tribal Governments $4.9M
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians Orland, CA 2009 Tribal Governments $4.9M
Former Oklahoma State University Professor Convicted on 26 Fraud and Public Corruption Charges Involving Blackfeet Po'Ka , OK 2014 Tribal Governments $4.6M
Former Blackfeet Po'Ka Project Officials Sentenced for Massive Grant Fraud HHS Inspector General Claims $4.6 million in , 2026 Tribal Governments $4.6M
Santa Ana Pueblo / Indian Pueblo Federal Development Corporation Bernalillo, NM 2010 Tribal Governments $3.6M
Santa Ana Pueblo / Pueblo of Santa Ana Bernalillo, NM 2003 Tribal Governments $3.6M
Navajo Nation Housing (Chilchinbeto AZ / Springstead NM / Shiprock NM) Chilchinbeto, AZ 2002 Tribal Governments $2.2M
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Fort Thompson, SD 2014 Tribal Governments $1M
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Fort Thompson, SD 2014 Tribal Governments $924,309
MHA Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes) — Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Mandaree, ND 2013 Tribal Governments $905,000
Yavapai-Apache Nation Camp Verde, AZ 2017 Tribal Governments $670,908
Yavapai-Apache Nation Housing Department Camp Verde, AZ 2017 Tribal Governments $670,908
Former CEO Of Tribal Telecom Subsidiary , OR 2025 Tribal Governments $579,574
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Durant, OK 2010 Tribal Governments $577,000
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Macy, NE 2015 Tribal Governments $388,792
Skagway Traditional Council Skagway, AK 2010 Tribal Governments $297,731
Blackfeet TANF Scheme Leads to 30 Months in Federal Custody , 2014 Tribal Governments $297,612
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation) New Town, ND 2013 Tribal Governments $260,000
Pendleton Man , OR 2025 Tribal Governments $250,000
Sisseton-Wahpeton Housing Authority Sisseton, SD 2019 Tribal Governments $250,000
Allen Resident , OK 2026 Tribal Governments $250,000
Muscogee (Creek) Nation — Direct Assistance Fund Bristow, OK 2013 Tribal Governments $211,880
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate — Buffalo Lake District Waubay, SD 2018 Tribal Governments $203,283
Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Intertribal Land Use Committee Elgin, OK 2016 Tribal Governments $194,573
Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission Anchorage, AK 2014 Tribal Governments $175,000
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin — Housing Authority Webster, WI 2015 Tribal Governments $150,000
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate — Long Hollow District Sisseton, SD 2020 Tribal Governments $107,000
Native Village of Savoonga Savoonga, AK 2012 Tribal Governments $84,418
Oglala Sioux Tribe Pine Ridge, SD 2019 Tribal Governments $82,483
Former Blackfeet Tribal Operations Manager Admits Stealing Tribal COVID , 2026 Tribal Governments $78,000
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe — Oyate CDC / Running Antelope District Wakpala, SD 2017 Tribal Governments $41,000
Hunkpati Investments (Crow Creek Sioux Reservation) Fort Thompson, SD 2015 Tribal Governments $40,000
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe , NV 2026 Tribal Governments $24,000
Rosebud Sioux Tribe — Tribal Ranch Rosebud, SD 2015 Tribal Governments $23,000
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska — Domestic Violence Department Norfolk, NE 2019 Tribal Governments $19,431
Former Tribal Treasurer & Former Councilmember Sentenced to 42 and 30 Months for Embezzlement Scheme As Part of The Guar , SD 2026 Tribal Governments $0
Former Oglala Sioux Tribe President Convicted of Wire Fraud , SD 2024 Tribal Governments $0
Former Tribal Chair Sentenced for Embezzlement Scheme; Defendants Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project , SD 2020 Tribal Governments $0
Sisseton Woman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Embezzlement And Theft Violation , SD 2024 Tribal Governments $0
Makah Tribe — Makah Tribal Council Neah Bay, WA 2010 Tribal Governments $0
Sioux Falls Man And Woman Sentenced For Embezzlement And Theft From Indian Tribal Organization , SD 2024 Tribal Governments $0
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