Teller Sentenced To Day In Prison For $70,000 Theft

FLINT, Mich. – A former head teller at Security CU was sentenced to serve one day in custody and pay $70,000 in restitution for theft of cash from the credit union.

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Jody Kravat worked as the head teller for the credit union’s Burton branch. She was responsible for ordering currency from the Federal Reserve and counting and securing the money after it was delivered. In 2011 she began removing 698 $100 bills from the credit union’s vault and replacing them with $1 bills.

The embezzlement continued until Dec. 2, 2011, when Kravat was caught. She since has been fired from the credit union.

 


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