Teller Banned for Tapping Into Members’ Accounts

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA reported yesterday it has barred Crystal Bottomley, a 24-year-old former teller at NATCO CU, from the credit union industry for embezzling about $33,000 from the Richmond, Ind., credit union. Bottomley was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to three months in prison, ans to pay $32,582 in restitution to the credit union’s bond insurer, Chubb & Sons, and $1,000 to the credit union. Bottomley stole the funds by accessing member accounts and withdrawing money without authorization, then forging members’ signatures to withdrawal slips.

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