Arizona Tribal Healthcare CEO Sentenced 14 Years After $33M Embezzlement for Rolls Royce and $928K

On October 16, 2025, Kevin Lamorris McKenzie — a 49-year-old Chief Executive Officer of Apache Behavioral Health Services, a tribally chartered healthcare provider serving members of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in eastern Arizona — was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Embezzlement from an Indian Tribal Organization, charges stemming from a 40-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury on December 14, 2023. Over an eight-year period beginning in 2015, McKenzie exploited his executive control over ABHS contracting to funnel approximately $33 million through two fraudulent schemes: a secret kickback arrangement routed through an entity called Helping Everyday Youth, and a series of phony employee-referral contracts with co-defendant Corina Martinez's company, Evolved Health Care Inc., which was paid $16.5 million for employee referrals it never once made. Martinez used the fraudulent proceeds to pay approximately $800,000 of McKenzie's personal credit card bills, purchase a $128,000 Rolls Royce Ghost, and acquire a $928,000 home for McKenzie's family. United States District Judge Scott H. Rash ordered McKenzie to pay $33,155,701 in restitution to ABHS — an organization established specifically to deliver mental health and substance abuse services to a tribal community with limited resources and profound historical need, meaning every dollar McKenzie stole was a dollar that never reached a tribal member in crisis. - - Disclaimer: This video is a dramatization based on real events. Some visual content was created with artificial intelligence assistance. Some details have been fictionalized and all names have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved.