Massive Navajo Corruption Case Winds Down: Last Three Defendants Face Trials

More than five years after a special prosecutor first brought charges against a staggering number of Navajo leaders accused of misusing the tribe’s discretionary funds, three individuals are still facing criminal trials.

A trial for Navajo Nation Council Delegate Mel R. Begay is set for March 14 in district court in Window Rock, Arizona. Begay, who has served as a delegate for 12 years, faces 16 complaints of making or permitting false vouchers. Seven of those complaints allege that between 2006 and 2010, Begay personally authorized at least $33,750 in financial assistance for his six children.

Trials are still pending in the Dilkon, Arizona, district court for former Council delegates Hoskie Kee and Young Jeff Tom.

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