The Oklahoman
by Nolan Clay
Published: April 24, 2015
Steven B. Pancoast Jr., a fired Oklahoma Veterans Affairs Department investigator, is charged with perjury, forgery and other crimes. The accusations already have had an impact on pending criminal cases and investigations where he was involved.
EL RENO — Prosecutors are accusing the fired chief investigator of the Oklahoma Veterans Affairs Department of being such a fraud that he even faked the college diplomas on his office wall.
Prosecutors on Friday filed 26 criminal counts against Steven B. Pancoast Jr., 41, of Mustang.
Pancoast was fired March 13 after authorities concluded he had faked his credentials and was actually a convicted felon, not a state-certified law enforcement officer. He was originally charged March 23 with three felony counts.
He is accused in the new charge of lying about his credentials at a 2012 rape trial, at a 2014 murder preliminary hearing, on arrest warrant requests, on a search warrant request, in a deposition and on multicounty grand jury subpoenas for bank records.
He also is accused of carrying around a counterfeit badge, forging law enforcement credentials, forging business cards, forging a diploma from Oklahoma State University and forging a diploma from Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
He is accused of carrying a firearm as part of his ruse for almost a year, even though it is illegal for him to possess a firearm because of his 1993 felony convictions.
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