Former Georgia CU CEO Sentenced to Six Years for Embezzlement & ID Theft

Leah Lehman is ordered to pay $4,491,253 in restitution to Southern Pine Credit Union.

By Peter Strozniak | June 03, 2024 at 03:00 PM

A federal judge in Georgia sentenced Leah Lehman, 63, last week to six years in prison for embezzling millions from the $33.1 million Southern Pine Credit Union in Valdosta while she was its president/CEO for three decades.

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