Jury acquits former Navajo official in COVID testing case

Jury acquits former Navajo official in COVID testing case

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- A Navajo Nation jury on Friday acquitted the tribe's former top financial officer of charges that she misrepresented information about a company hired to do rapid COVID-19 testing on the reservation. Former Controller Pearline Kirk was tried on one count of obtaining a signature by deception, and two counts each of paying or receiving Navajo Nation funds for services not rendered and falsification. "I felt pretty comfor…

Jury acquits former Navajo official in COVID testing case

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Navajo Nation jury on Friday acquitted the tribe’s former top financial officer of charges that she misrepresented information about a company hired to do rapid COVID-19 testing on the reservation. Former Controller Pearline Kirk was tried on one count of obtaining a signature by deception,

Jury acquits former Navajo official in coronavirus testing case

Former Controller Pearline Kirk was tried on one count of obtaining a signature by deception, and two counts each of paying or receiving Navajo Nation funds for services not rendered

Jury acquits former Navajo official in COVID testing case

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Navajo Nation jury on Friday acquitted the tribe’s former top financial officer of charges that she misrepresented information about a company hired to do rapid COVID-19 testing on the reservation. Former Controller Pearline Kirk was tried on one count of obtaining a signature by deception, and two counts each of paying or receiving Navajo Nation funds for services not rendered and falsification. “I felt pretty comfort…