A former president/CEO of the merged Winchester Community Federal Credit Union in Winchester, Va. will be sentenced in April 2016 after pleading guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Alexandria to embezzling more than $1 million to pay credit card bills and buy real estate.

Donna L. Jennings, 44, of Winchester admitted that she raided teller cash drawers, created fake loans, made unauthorized financial transactions, posted false entries in WCFCU's accounting records and lied to NCUA examiners, according to court documents.

She also admitted in court documents to using shares in her own mother's account to secure 15 loan advances that totaled $248,000.

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