Former Lending Director Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud, Aggravated ID Theft

Kevin Robert Lee uses most of the stolen $800,000 to pay for in-app video games.

By Peter Strozniak | April 26, 2019 at 09:30 AM

After Kevin Robert Lee admitted to embezzling more than $800,000 from the $222 million Florida State University Credit Union, prosecutors revealed new details about how the former lending director used the identity of a credit union colleague and college roommates to steal the money and spent more than half of it to pay for in-app video games.

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