Four Montana Residents Sued For Allegedly Misappropriating More Than $500K

Douglas Allen Pierce, 46, his wife, Claudia Gail Pierce, 48, and Larry R. Strouf, 47, all of Sidney, Montana and Richard "Ricky" D. Wolla, 48, of Minot, Montana, have been sued in federal court by Basic Energy Services LP for misappropriating more than $500,000 from the company with whom they had been employed. The civil complaint alleges that the defendants created false invoices in collusion with unnamed vendors, among other things, to siphon funds from the company and to enrich themselves. The false invoices would be paid and then the defendants would be provided funds, goods and/or services from the vendors, according to the complaint.

Read the story here including an itemization of the civil counts.