The National Credit Union Administration issued four new prohibition orders and two notices of prohibition for the month of August, permanently forbidding the parties from being involved in the dealings of a federally insured financial institution.
Veronica Mauga, who formerly worked for the $334 million-asset Hawaii Central Federal Credit Union in Honolulu, will be prohibited from participating in any and all affairs of an insured depository institution, the NCUA said Tuesday. According to agency filings, Mauga was accused of withdrawing funds from member accounts and falsifying total counts from the teller drawer after misappropriating cash from the station.
The NCUA also banned Gabriela Bibriesca, a former employee of the $178 million-asset Santa Cruz Community Credit Union in California. Bibriesca is alleged to have originated fraudulent COVID-19 emergency loans from Nov. 18, 2019, to June 26, 2020, resulting in a loss of roughly $13,500 for the institution.
Cristal Santiago, a former employee of the $261 million- asset North Jersey Federal Credit Union in Totowa, New Jersey, was barred by the NCUA for allegedly withdrawing and misappropriating funds from member accounts.
The NCUA also banned Clarissa Johnson, who formerly worked for the $585 million-asset Northland Area Federal Credit Union in West Branch, Michigan. Johnson, according to NCUA filings, pleaded guilty to withdrawing funds from a member’s share account and providing them to an individual outside of the organization.
All former employees have agreed and consented to the prohibition orders issued to them, and have confirmed their compliance with all the terms provided by the NCUA, according to the agency's press release.
In addition, two other individuals were sentenced for their charges and were noted in the release.
Joan Brown, formerly the CEO of Service Center for Credit Unions in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, was convicted of embezzling more than $1 million from six credit unions, resulting in the liquidation of each institution, according to the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Angela Domingo, a former employee of the $392 million-asset CU Hawaii Federal Credit Union in Hilo, was convicted and sentenced on charges of embezzlement and misapplication by a credit union.
The six prohibitions for the month of August bring the yearly total of issuances by the NCUA to 16.
