Former Credit Union Employee Sentenced to Three Years
Nicole C. Walker steals more than $80,000 from members, including several elderly members.
A federal judge sentenced a former credit union teller, Nicole C. Walker, 40, of Clarksville, Tenn., to three years in prison for stealing more than $80,000 from credit union members, including several who were elderly, U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee, said.
U.S. District Judge Eli J. Richardson in Nashville on Monday also ordered Walker to pay $84,416 in restitution and to serve three years of supervised released following her prison term.
Walker claimed in court documents she was recruited by another former teller LaToya Chambers, 43, to steal the funds. LaToya was also charged and sentenced in August to 30 months in prison and was ordered to pay $84,416 in restitution. They both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft earlier this year.
Walker and Chambers worked at NGH Credit Union, which is now the $400 million Cornerstone Financial Credit Union in Nashville.
From March 2018 through July 2018, Chambers shared members’ personal information with Walker who then used the identities to make fraudulent withdrawals from the victims’ credit union accounts without their knowledge. They divided the proceeds of many of the fraudulent transactions between themselves.
Walker also used some of the stolen identities to conduct other personal transactions outside of the credit union, according to court documents.