ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Credit Union Administration said it issued six orders in January prohibiting the following persons from participating in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution:
- Tara Chambers, a former employee of Sears Spokane Employees Federal Credit Union, a $4.8 million institution based in Spokane, Wash., who pled guilty to charges of theft and embezzlement. She was sentenced to time served and five years' supervised release.
- Felicia Marie Gomez, a former employee and institution-affiliated party of Bellwether Community Credit Union, a $432 million CU based in Manchester, N.H., who consented to the issuance of a prohibition order to avoid the time and expense of administrative litigation.
- Nora Nelly Gonzalez, a former employee and institution-affiliated party of $55 million Southwest Financial Federal Credit Union in Dallas, who consented to the issuance of a prohibition order to avoid the time and expense of administrative litigation.
- Angela Michelle Martin, a former employee of Mountain Community Federal Credit Union, a $5 million institution based in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., who pled guilty to embezzlement. Martin was sentenced to two years in prison, three years' supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $489,583.07.
- Male Yahaira Rivera, a former employee of Fairwinds Credit Union, a $1.9 billion CU based in Orlando, Fla., who was convicted of embezzlement. Rivera was sentenced to 18 months in prison, five years' supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $258,000. According to press reports, Rivera stole funds while working an assistant branch manager at the credit union.
- Sherrie Ann Rivera, a former employee and institution-affiliated party of $75 million Peoples Credit Union in Pembroke Pines, Fla., who consented to the issuance of a prohibition order to avoid the time and expense of administrative litigation. According to press reports, Rivera was the chief operating officer of Peoples CU between 2009 and 2014 and she allegedly stole approximately $385,000 from different accounts.
