Former Okla. Insurance Commissioner Faces Aug. 18 Trial Date

A jury trial for former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher has been scheduled for Aug. 18 in Tulsa County District Court.

The trial will be before Associate District Judge Dana Kuehn.

Fisher is charged with filing a false state tax return for 1999 by underreporting his income by $4,688.

The charge was first filed in Oklahoma County but moved to Tulsa because Fisher signed the tax return in Tulsa.

Last month, Fisher waived his right to a preliminary hearing.

Fisher is currently serving a three-year prison term for embezzling $1,000 from his campaign and lying on a contributions report.

He also faces trial in May in Oklahoma City on bribery charges.

First elected insurance commissioner in 1998 and re-elected in 2002, Fisher resigned in 2004 shortly before he was to face an ouster trial in the state Senate.