A Cashion man has been jailed after being accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from his mother.

Arrested Thursday, Aug. 3, was John Taylor Land, Jr., 53, by officers of the OSBI.

Land was charged the next day in Kingfisher County District Court with one felony count of exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult by deception or intimidation.

He is detained at the Kingfisher County Criminal Justice Center and is scheduled to make his first appearance at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, in Kingfisher County District Court.

If found guilty, Land could face up to 15 years in prison and/or a fine up to $10,000.

The arrest came after several months of investigation that started at the Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Office.

On Feb. 6, Sgt. Mike Shults requested the OSBI investigate the alleged embezzlement, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by OSBI Special Agent George Belding.

According to the affidavit, which was based on interviews with multiple witnesses, Land had moved in with his mother, Betty Land, in 2003 after her husband died.

The affidavit said Betty Land received an inheritance in August 2021 and a witness told Belding that Land assisted his mother in setting up online bank accounts before receiving the inheritance, giving him access to the accounts.

The witness also told Belding they believed Land “was manipulating Betty and continues to do so,” the affidavit said.

An investigation of the bank accounts of John Land and Betty Land revealed more than $100,000 being moved from Betty’s checking account to various accounts of her son.

That included a check for $50,000 in December 2021, one for $15,000 in Oct. 2022, one for $55,000 in November 2022, one for $1,300 in May 2022 and one for $1,200 in August 2022.

The special agent interviewed Betty Land in June 2023 regarding the alleged embezzlement.

The affidavit said Betty admitted to loaning her son $50,000 in December 2021 “with the expectation of never being repaid.”

For the other transactions, the affidavit said Betty admitted to signing checks, but not filling out the amounts.

The affidavit also said there were other “significant withdrawals” from Betty’s checking account, including CashApp payments, ATM withdrawals and purchases through Amazon.

Belding’s report said Betty didn’t authorize those types of transactions.

The affidavit notes that in December 2022, Betty was placed in a nursing home “due to failing health and inability to care for herself.”

It states Land wrote a $50,000 check from his account “to assist Betty with paying her bills,” but the check was returned for insufficient funds.

According to court records, Betty A. Land filed a civil suit against John T. Land for fraud in January 2023.

However, less than a month later, the case was dismissed without prejudice.

The affidavit said “Betty believed her attorney had lied to her about all of the purchases made by John; therefore, she dismissed the lawsuit. Betty denied that John convinced her to dismiss the lawsuit.”

Belding’s report also stated Land has a criminal history that includes convictions of counterfeiting and conspiracy to infringe copyrights.