Prosecutors: Two Former Credit Union Employees Allegedly Embezzle $137,000
Metro CU in Massachusetts discovers the alleged fraud earlier this year.
Prosecutors in Massachusetts alleged two former employees stole $137,000 from the $2.6 billion Metro Credit Union in Chelsea.
Morelia Juma, 25, of Lynn and Erna Sejdinovic, 26, of Malden were each charged in Chelsea District Court last week with larceny and embezzlement from a bank.
Juma and Sejdinovic were ordered held in lieu of $1,000 bail. They are scheduled to return to court on Aug. 29, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.
Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Kate L. Fraiman said credit union officials discovered in February that Sejdinovic allegedly had been funding an account held by Juma with fraudulent rebates from the credit union’s general ledger.
Additionally, Sejdinovic allegedly increased the cash limit on Juma’s debit card to allow large ATM withdrawals. The withdrawals occurred almost daily during a six-month span, with increasing amounts and frequency, Fraiman said in a prepared statement.
Prosecutors did not identify the job titles of Sejdinovic and Juma. However, a LinkedIn page showed Sejdinovic was a supervisor and worked at the credit union for more than five years. Juma’s LinkedIn page did not indicate she was employed at Metro.