Shirley McKinney, a 53-year-old former manager at the now-dissolved Anderson County Employees Federal Credit Union, admitted to stealing $242,511.80 from the $1.8 million credit union in 2008 and 2009, court documents show.
According to a representative from the state criminal court office in Anderson County, Tenn., court documents say McKinney pleaded guilty to one count of theft of more than $60,000, two counts of forgery totaling between $10,000 and $60,000, and two counts of forgery by endorsement.
She is to report to jail on Oct. 4 to serve a nine-and-a-half-month sentence followed by a probationary period, and is required to repay the stolen money in full, according to the state criminal court office.
A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation news release states McKinney, a resident of Harriman, Tenn., was indicted by the Anderson County Grand Jury and arrested on one count of theft and four counts of forgery in August 2011.
McKinney made unauthorized withdrawals from members' accounts while working as a manager for Anderson County Employees FCU, said TBI, which completed an investigation of the case.
Anderson County Employees FCU merged into the $188 million Knoxville Teachers Federal Credit Union of Knoxville, Tenn. in 2010, according to Knoxville Teachers FCU.
At the time of the merger, Anderson County Employees FCU served about 450 members including teachers and employees of Tennessee's Anderson County, Knoxville Teachers FCU said.
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Natasha Chilingerian
Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.
