The NCUA announces new orders.
The NCUA issued one prohibition order and three prohibition notices in August, the agency announced Friday.
Chelly Ann Callaway, a former employee of Kellogg Midwest Federal Credit Union in Omaha, Nebraska, pleaded guilty to theft. Callaway was sentenced to six months in prison, four years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $38,374 in restitution.
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Taren Dawson, a former employee or institution-affiliated party of People's First Federal Credit Union in Tarrant, Alabama, agreed to a prohibition order and agreed to resolve all NCUA claims against her.
Jonathan Wade Dunning, a former employee of Birmingham Financial Federal Credit Union in Birmingham, Alabama, was sentenced to 18 years in prison, after he was found guilty of wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. He also was sentenced to five years of supervised release and was ordered to pay more than $13.5 million in restitution.
The former chief executive of the failed credit union was convicted of stealing more than $16 million that was supposed to fund non-profit health clinics for poor families and the homeless.
Nita Rae Nirschl, a former employee of Parsons Pittsburg Credit Union in Parsons, Kansas, pleaded guilty to embezzlement, money laundering, and attempting to evade taxes. Nirschl was sentenced to five years in prison, five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay more than $10 million in restitution.
Federal prosecutors said Nirschl began embezzling from the credit union in November 2010. In addition to depositing stolen credit union funds into her personal accounts, she also withdrew money from ATMs at casinos at Missouri, Oklahoma, New Orleans and Lake Tahoe.
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