Manager Convicted of Looting Tiny CU

SPENCER, Iowa – The manager and sole employee of Eaton Employees CU Tuesday pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the $3 million credit union she ran.

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Linda Zech, 53, made out credit union checks and disbursed phony loans to herself, family members and to third parties, according to a federal indictment. Sometimes, the indictment charged, Zech would take funds deposited by members and use the money herself.

She is scheduled to be sentenced in February.


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