Woman accused of bilking oil patch investors to plead guilty

BISMARCK, N.D. – A woman accused of bilking investors in a North Dakota oil patch company she owned with a man who was convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

Sarah Creveling is charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering. Authorities say she was part of a scheme to defraud people who invested in a Minot trucking company she owned along with her ex-husband, James Henrikson.

Henrikson was convicted last year for ordering the deaths of two former oil patch associates, Douglas Carlile of Spokane and Kristopher “K.C.” Clarke of Watford City, North Dakota.

Henrikson is serving multiple life sentences at a high-security federal prison in Florence, Colordo, according to the Bureau of Prisons.

Creveling faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. A change of plea hearing has not been scheduled.

Federal prosecutors could not be immediately reached for comment.