Six credit union employees pleaded guilty to assorted crimes in June, the National Credit Union Administration said in a press release Thursday, leading the regulator to issue notices of prohibition, effectively barring them from working or participating in any federally insured financial institution:
- Mary Brown, a former employee of Southbridge Credit Union in Worcester, Mass., pleaded guilty to larceny and was sentenced to two years of probation.
- Tara Gibson, a former employee of St. Albert the Great Federal Union in Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to embezzlement and was sentenced to six months in prison, six months home detention and three years of supervised released.
- Kayla Liston, a former employee of Fire Police City County Federal Credit Union in Fort Wayne, Ind., pleaded guilty to theft and received a suspended sentence and two years of probation and was ordered to pay $14,216 in restitution.
- Debra Pyfrom, a former employee of I.B.E.W. Local 816 Federal Credit Union in Paducah, Ky., pleaded guilty to bank fraud and was sentenced to 78 months in prison and two years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $600,250 in restitution.
- Erica Richardson, a former employee of Peoples Credit Union in Pembroke Pines, Fla., pleaded guilty to receipt of commissions or gifts for procuring loans and was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution.
- Brandy Andrews Turpin, a former employee of Southeast Federal Credit Union in Cornelia, Ga., pleaded guilty to theft and was sentenced to eight years on probation and ordered to pay $11,407 in restitution.
