Employee Charged With Stealing $211,000 of CU Funds to Buy Lottery Tickets

SHREVEPORT, La. – An employee of WESLA FCU as arrested yesterday on charges she manipulated customer accounts to steal more than $211,000 she used to pay personal bills and buy lottery tickets.

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Elaine Carr, 42, allegedly opened three, unauthorized credit card accounts in her name and her husband's and then manipulated inactive credit card accounts of other members to make payments on her credit card accounts.

Police believe the scheme was underway the entire seven years Carr worked at the $70 million credit union.

The confirmed loss to the credit union so far is $211,000.


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