ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal court granted NCUA a preliminary injunction to prevent the dissipation of estate assets in its civil complaint against the estate of the former manager of Shiloh of Alexandria FCU.
Both defendants in the civil suit — the estate for deceased manager John DuPree Jr. and his former fiancé Sharon Gonder — consented to court orders prohibiting them from transferring, selling or otherwise disposing of DuPree's assets, according to documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Dec. 5.
Dupree's mother, Mary H. DuPree, is listed in the complaint as the administrator of the estate.
NCUA asked for the preliminary injunction to prevent the dissipation of estate assets while litigation moves forward. NCUA is suing for $9.7 million in compensatory damages and is asking for punitive damages as well.
Citing the ongoing litigation, a representative for NCUA declined to comment.
The lawsuit paints a picture of a small credit union manager who stole millions to pay for cars, real estate and gifts for his fiancé, and then took his own life one day before a scheduled meeting with NCUA to discuss discrepancies the agency had spotted in year-end accounting.
