Four former credit union employees, including a manager and a long-time teller and administrative assistant were banned Wednesday by the NCUA from participating in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution.
Catherine Linton, former manager of the $4.1 Trailblazer Federal Credit Union in Washington, Pa. was sentenced to a year and a day in December for embezzlement. She was ordered to pay $979,595.82 in restitution. Her 17-year fraud led to the insolvency and closure of the credit union in July 2015.
Debra L. Wenger, a former teller and administrative assistant of the $30.1 million Shelter Insurance Federal Credit Union in Columbia, Mo., was sentenced to time served and one year of supervised released in November for stealing more than $231,000. Federal court documents indicated that the 28-year credit union employee stole the funds in part because she was a victim of a scam while on an online dating service and reportedly lost almost $700,000. Court documents show Wenger already made $231,000 in restitution.
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Amy Joan Raden, a former employee of the $60.1 million Tahquamenon Area Credit Union in Newberry, Mich., was sentenced to nearly nine months in prison and five years' probation. She was ordered to pay $88,000 in restitution, according to the NCUA.
Alisha Dawn Gill, a former employee of the $36.3 million Huntington C&O Railway Employees Federal Credit Union in Huntington, West Va., consented to a prohibition order and agreed to settle the NCUA's claims against her. Those claims were not specified in the federal agency's prepared statement.
Prohibition and administrative orders are searchable by name, institution, city, state, and year at the NCUA's Administrative Orders web page, which also provides links to the enforcement actions of federal banking agencies against other institutions or their affiliated parties.
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Peter Strozniak
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