According to court records, the sentencing for Larry Duane Couch, 55, of Vian will be held at 9:10 a.m. before Judge Ronald A. White.
On May 28 Couch pleaded guilty to embezzlement of government funds and making and subscribing a false tax return. A criminal forfeiture count was dropped after Couch, in July, made over $1 million in restitution to the school.
Couch, who has been free on bond, faces up to 10 years in prison on the embezzlement count and up to three years in prison for the tax-related count.
A year ago, he was charged in Sequoyah County District Court in Sallisaw with embezzlement of $100,000 of school money for an alleged personal land purchase. An investigative audit of school records ensued, revealing nearly $1 million in questionable expenditures at the school over the past 10 years.
