BY ANDREW KNITTLE aknittle@opubco.com
EL RENO — A former Yukon FFA Organization instructor accused of “skimming” a local couple of more than $4,000 on a single livestock purchase has been charged with embezzlement in Canadian County District Court.
Jason Matthew Bow, 39, was charged Wednesday with two counts of embezzlement, a felony, accused of overcharging two women on separate livestock purchases in June 2010.
Bow, who resigned his position at Yukon Public Schools in May 2011, has not been arrested, records show.
Debbie Wright, who purchased a show calf through Bow for her daughter, was charged $7,000 by the former agriculture instructor, records show.
Bow paid only $2,750 for the calf, meaning that he overcharged Wright by $4,250, court records show.
Wright, who grew up showing animals in rural Oklahoma, said the practice of agriculture instructors overcharging parents and students for livestock is known as “skimming.”
Records show that Bow could serve up to five years in state prison if found guilty of overcharging Wright.
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