During an investigation, police found more than 50 stacks of $100 counterfeit bills at the branches. The fake dollars were concealed by genuine $100 bills placed at the top and bottom of each stack. During a police search of Navarro's apartment they found a picture of him displayed on his computer with thousands of dollars in cash, bottles of liquor, jewelry and wrapped gifts on a table.

Aremethia Jones, who was Navarro's supervisor, wrote in a victim impact statement to Judge Biggs that she was devastated by his crime and that it affected her mentally, financially and physically.

"Financially, this affected me because I was out of work for several weeks during the investigation … not even knowing if I was going to have a job after all of this was said and done," Jones wrote. "Thank God, I was able to return back to work. Upon my return, I was demoted; therefore, my pay decreased because this happened under my supervision."

In addition to the mental stress, Jones said she was unable to sleep or eat and her nerves were shot.

"Jorge was like family. He was someone I enjoyed being around and someone I trusted," she wrote. "After all of this, I felt violated. I felt like this was the ultimate betrayal and the bond we had was destroyed. I never saw this coming and wish it never did," she wrote.

Navarro became a fugitive on Sept. 10, 2018, when he sent a rambling 690-word text message to URW FCU President/CEO Cheryl Doss, apologizing for his crime.

Although there was speculation that he may have fled the country, on March 31, 2021, the former head teller was captured and arrested after Durham, N.C., police officers responded to a disturbance of gunshots at Navarro's apartment. Police found more than 4,000 grams of cocaine, 1,263 grams of marijuana, two assault-style rifles, two pistols, a ballistic vest, thousands of dollars in cash, two electronic money counters, and multiple identification cards with Navarro's picture and several variations of his name and dates of birth.

In December 2021, Navarro pleaded guilty to embezzlement and uttering counterfeit obligations, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, according to court records.