Jeff A. McMahan, CFE, is an American politician from the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

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, he served as

Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector The Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector is an elected Constitutional officer for the U.S. State of Oklahoma. The State Auditor and Inspector is responsible for auditing and prescribing bookkeeping standards of all government agencies and county ...

from 2003 until his resignation in June 2008.

Conviction and resignation

In 2008, McMahan and his wife, Lori McMahan, were indicted by a

federal grand jury Grand juries in the United States are groups of citizens empowered by United States federal or state law to conduct legal proceedings, chiefly investigating potential criminal conduct and determining whether criminal charges should be brought. T ...

on charges of accepting improper cash and gifts from an Oklahoma businessman. In June 2008 a federal jury convicted McMahan and his wife on one count of conspiracy and two counts in violation of the

Travel Act The Travel Act or International Travel Act of 1961, , is a Federal criminal statute which forbids the use of the U.S. mail, or interstate or foreign travel, for the purpose of engaging in certain specified criminal acts. The Senate legislation w ...

, prohibiting interstate travel in support of racketeering. Two days following his conviction, he resigned as State Auditor and Inspector. Jeff McMahan was sentenced to eight years and a month in federal prison, while Lori McMahan was sentenced to six years and six months. They entered prison in March 2009. Lori McMahan was released in 2014 and Jeff McMahan was released in 2016.Former Oklahoma auditor, Jeff McMahan, released from federal custody
Associated Press (April 22, 2016).

2006 election results

The election results are as follows:
Oklahoma State Election Board.

2002 election results

The election results are as follows:General Election November 5, 2002
Oklahoma State Election Board.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) State Auditors of Oklahoma Oklahoma Democrats Oklahoma politicians convicted of crimes Politicians convicted under the Travel Act {{Oklahoma-politician-stub