Former Credit Union Manager Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Embezzling More Than $245,000 from Her Employer
| U.S. Attorney’s Office July 01, 2010 |
CINCINNATI—Ann Bryson, 63, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in United States District Court here today to 33 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for defrauding Good Samaritan Employees Credit Union, where she was the manager between 1998 and 2005. She was also ordered to pay restitution of $245,432.66.
Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Keith L. Bennett, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced the sentence handed down today by Senior United States District Judge Herman J. Weber.
Bryson pleaded guilty on March 11, 2010 to one count of bank embezzlement. According to court documents, Bryson wrote credit union checks and money orders to pay for personal expenses totaling $245,432.66 between 1998 and 2005. Bryson admitted using several methods of manipulating records in the credit union’s ledgers in order to try and evade detection.
The credit union was placed into liquidation in November 2005 due to insolvency.
Stewart commended the FBI agents who investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Anne Porter, who prosecuted the case.