Seattle Man Sentenced for Stealing From Washington’s Largest Credit Union

A Seattle man will spend three years in federal prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars after an employee for Washington’s largest credit union gave him member account information.

During a sentencing hearing last month, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour also ordered Kevin Antoine Jones to pay $231,000 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release following his prison term. He pleaded guilty to one felony count to bank fraud and one felony count of aggravated identity theft in September.

From March to October 2019, a former customer service representative for the $30.1 billion Boeing Employees Credit Union, September Grubb, who was dating Jones, gave him information on 22 member accounts. Jones used this information so that he and others acting at his direction could impersonate the members to get BECU representatives to increase ATM withdrawal limits and issue new debit cards. Jones and others, including his father, stole or attempted to steal $299,000 before the fraud was detected, prosecutors said.

Grubb, who pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one felony count of aggravated identity theft, was sentenced in November to two years in prison. She was ordered to pay $299,000 in restitution, court documents showed.

Jones’ father, who pleaded guilty in September to one felony count of bank fraud and one felony count of aggravated identity theft, is awaiting sentencing, according to prosecutors.