NCUA Bans Six for Wrongdoing

Six former credit union employees have been banned by the NCUA from participating in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution. Rebecca Andino, former employee of Southern Delaware Postal Employees Federal Credit Union, Houston, Del., was convicted of theft and sentenced to six months supervised work release, 12 months supervised probation and required to pay $54,800 in restitution. Rhonda Campbell, former employee of North Star Federal Credit Union, Lima, Ohio, was convicted of credit union embezzlement and sentenced to eight months in prison, supervised release for five years and pay $105,000 in restitution. Richard James Ditzel, former employee of Capital Power Credit Union, Sacramento, Calif., was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 33 months in prison, 60 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $478,992 in restitution. Richard A. Lange, former president of Financial One Credit Union, formerly First Community Credit Union, Columbia Heights, Minn., was convicted of embezzlement and filing false tax returns. He was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment, three years probation and ordered to pay $249,691 in restitution. Sharon Quattrone, former employee of CCSE Federal Credit Union, Salamanca, N.Y., was convicted of making a false statement to a federal credit union and was sentenced to three years supervised release. Hyacinth Richardson, former manager of Mid Island Federal Credit Union, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, signed an order of prohibition without admitting or denying fault to avoid the time and cost of litigation. Violating a prohibition order can be punished by imprisonment and a fine of up to $1 million.

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