Former Kansas CU CEO Faces June Sentencing
Connie Marie Kent admits to embezzling nearly $40,000 from the credit union.
A former president/CEO of a Kansas credit union will be sentenced in June for embezzling nearly $40,000, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Topeka.
Connie Marie Kent, 52, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of theft from a credit union in U.S. District Court on Tuesday.
In a plea agreement, Kent admitted that from 2009 to 2017 she stole $39,895 from the former Topeka Post Office Credit Union, which is now the $8.9 million 1st Kansas Credit Union.
Court documents do not reveal how the embezzlement was detected or how Kent may have concealed her theft over nine years.
She was listed as the president/CEO in the third quarter of 2017, according to the credit union’s profile document filed with the NCUA.
The maximum penalty for embezzlement is 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.