Grandma Fingered in Loan Scam

FLORENCE, S.C. – A 71-year-old grandmother working as a loan officer at Health Facilities FCU yesterday was charged with identity theft in the embezzlement of $700,000 from the credit union.

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Prosecutors said Christine McLamb used her position to access members’ personal accounts and took out more than $700,000 in loans using stolen identities between February 1998 and October 2006.

The woman was charged in a three-count indictment with embezzlement and aggravated identity theft.


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