From staff reports An Oklahoma City woman was sentenced last week to six months in federal prison for forging the signature of a federal judge.
In August 2022, Amanda Christine Dailey, 37, f iled a petition for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
A year later she purchased a vehicle from a car dealership, which she financed in part with a loan from a federal credit union. Public records reflect that, in order to be approved for financing, Dailey presented a false order that purported to show the discharge of her Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings.
In reality, Dailey had not been granted a discharge and the false order she presented carried the forged signature of Judge Sarah A. Hall, chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma.
A federal grand jury charged Dailey with forging the judge’s signature, and in January 2025 she pleaded guilty. She was sentenced July 31 by U.S. District Judge Charles Goodwin.