Ruksenas' sentence hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 28. He could face up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. The plea deal also requires Ruksenas to pay restitution of $481,501 to the NCUA.

Ruksenas and Spirikaitis were stealing funds from the credit union for years and up to just one month before state and federal regulators shuttered the credit union, according to court documents.

When Ruksenas started working as a teller at Taupa Lithuanian in 1999, Spirikaitis routinely reviewed the daily share draft report. He circled the names of certain members listed on the report and instructed Ruksenas to pay the NSF checks Spirikaitis had circled, court documents show.

After Ruksenas learned Spirikaitis honored overdrafts from certain accounts, Ruksenas began withdrawing funds from his two accounts even though he didn't maintain sufficient balances to cover the withdrawals. Spirikaitis then transferred funds from Taupa directly into Ruksenas' personal accounts to cover the overdrafts, according to court documents.

In addition to his teller position, Ruksenas also worked as a home health aide for one of Spirikaitis' relatives from 2007 through 2009.

During that time, Spirikaitis fraudulently transferred about $200,000 into Ruksenas' Taupa accounts. Starting in early 2009, Spirikaitis transferred about $4,000 twice a month in to Ruksenas accounts, according to court documents.

What's more, Ruksenas requested Spirikaitis increase the amount of monthly transfers from $8,000 to $9,000 a month, so "Ruksenas could show his family members that he was a successful employee," court records show.

While Spirikaitis obliged Ruksenas' request for that $1,000 a month increase, Ruksenas told others that the money deposited into his Taupa accounts were legitimate payments from his employer.

Court documents also show Spirikaitis transferred $9,000 to Ruksenas' account on June 13, exactly one month before state authorities and the NCUA moved in to liquidate the Cleveland credit union on July 13.

Spirikaitis also allegedly used credit union funds to purchase Ruksenas a Jeep Cherokee.

Spirikaitis, who was charged with making false statements about the credit union's finances in October and is in federal custody, appears to be cooperating with federal prosecutors as well.

The federal grand jury had a Nov. 20 deadline to return an indictment against Spirikaitis. But at the request of Spirikaitis lawyer, Darin Thompson of Cleveland, the deadline was extended to Dec. 20 to give them more time to "fully explore pre-indictment negotiations with the government."

Court documents have revealed between $10 million and $16 million may have been embezzled from the credit union, which would make it one of the largest fraud cases in credit union history.