Napier faces sentencing in U.S. District Court

A Sept. 1 sentencing date in U.S. District Court in Spokane has been scheduled for Alicia E. Napier of Colfax after she pleaded guilty last Tuesday, June 14, to 14 counts of mail fraud and two counts of bank fraud under a plea agreement, according to a press report issued by Michael Ormsby, US Attorney for Eastern Washington.

Under terms of the plea agreement, Napier, 47, will be required to pay restitution to Palouse Urology, PLLC, Pullman, in the amount of $538,726. The report said Napier embezzled the funds from Palouse Urology where she was employed from 2001 through 2009. At the change of...