Sherry Garner, a former president/CEO of the merged York Harley-Davidson Federal Credit Union, agreed to plead guilty last week to bank larceny and tax evasion, according to court records filed in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, Pa.
She admitted to embezzling $252,106 from 2010 to 2013. Federal prosecutors also charged Garner with tax evasion for unreported embezzled income.
Court documents do not explain how or why Garner stole the money.
Although she faces a possible federal prison sentence of 10 years for bank larceny and five years for tax evasion, a sentencing date was not scheduled yet.
Garner, 53, of Red Lion, Pa., was indicted Feb. 5, according to court documents.
On May 31, 2014, the $2.7 million, 701-member HD York Federal Credit Union in York, Pa., merged with the $66 million, 10,085-member White Rose Credit Union, also based in York.
The NCUA approved the merger in November 2014 because of HD York's "inability to obtain officials."
In a separate fraud case, Susan Wooten-Robb, 25, pleaded guilty last month to one count of wire fraud in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan.
In her plea agreement, she admitted the crime occurred while she worked for the $2.1 billion Community America Credit Union branch in Overland Park, Kan. Her job title was not specified in court documents.
The fraud was detected after two members complained about unauthorized debits from their accounts in February 2014.
An investigation revealed Wooten-Robb made those unauthorized debits totaling $34,035.
In one instance, she attempted to cover up an unauthorized debit by filing a false currency transaction report claiming the account holders took out the money to assist a family member with paying tuition, federal prosecutors said.
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Peter Strozniak
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