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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.
U.S. District Judge W. Louis Sands also ordered Lehman to pay Southern Pine Credit Union (SPCU) restitution in the amount of $4,491,253 and to two years of supervised release following her 72-month prison sentence, according to court filings. Her sentencing memo to Judge Sands that was posted on the federal docket was not open to the public or the media.
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