NEW CASTLE, Penn. – A member of GNC Community FCU and Family 1st FCU was ordered to pay $44,619 in restitution after pleading guilty to kiting checks between the two credit unions.
Leslie Austin, 48, pleaded guilty to a charge of bad checks, a first-degree misdemeanor, and was sentenced in Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas. She was ordered to pay $35,072 to GNC Community FCU and $9,546 to CUNA Mutual Group, the bonding company for Family 1st FCU.
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