Former credit union employee faces time in prison. Credit/Shutterstock

An Atlanta, Ga. woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a jury found her guilty of running a scheme that bilked more than $2 million in loans from 10 credit unions and other financial institutions, according to the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville.

The 56-year-old Wynde Collins was sentenced on June 8 after a jury found her guilty of eight felony counts of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering.

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