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On Friday, the NCUA issued prohibition orders for five former credit union employees for embezzlement and insurance fraud.

ncua banThe banned employees are:

  • Halina Mielczarek, who was accused of submitting 145 false health insurance claims to the self-insured United Nations FCU. She received about $87,000 for fake medical expenses.
  • Jamie Askew,who pled guilty to a charge of embezzlement at St. Louis Community Credit Union. Askew was sentenced to five years of supervised release and fined more than $100,000.
  • Stacy Attisano, who pled guilty to embezzlement from the now-defunct Lawrence County School Employees’ FCU. Attisano was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release and was fined more than $250,000.
  • Krista Marie Cousino, who pled guilty to embezzlement from St. Patrick Carleton FCU. Cousino was sentenced to 270 days in prison, five years of supervised probation and was fined $160,000.
  • Kerry Higashi, was charged with embezzlement from Kauai Teachers FCU. Higashi was sentenced to a month in prison, five years supervised release and fined about $44,000.
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