SAN DIEGO – An employee at USA FCU pleaded guilty to stealing about $1.5 million and has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for bank fraud, authorities announced yesterday.
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Leticia Figuracion, 56, was in charge of reporting the daily balance of the vault at the credit union branch at the Yokota Air Base in Yokota, Japan. From 1992 until September 2008, Figuracion stole approximately $10,000 a month from the vault and then lied about the balance, according to court records.
She then used the account of a credit union customer to wire the money to an account in the United States, according to court records. She changed the mailing address on the customer's account to hide her actions.
She used some of the money to open a restaurant in Los Angeles and sent a significant portion to relatives in the Philippines and the United States, according to court records.