HONOLULU, Hawaii—Melody Camba, a former accountant at Independent Employers Group Federal Credit Union, is going to prison for two years for stealing more than $300,000 from the CU.
Camba, 38, pleaded guilty in September to embezzling $308,696 from IEGFCU, the Hawaii Informer reported.
U.S. District Senior Judge Helen Gillmor handed down the two-year sentence and gave Camba until after the holidays to turn herself in. Gillmor also ordered Camba to repay the money she stole, the Informer reported.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Wallenstein told Gillmor that Camba was the person responsible for recording all transactions in IEGFCU’s ledger. He said Camba stole the money between January 2014 and November 2015 by writing 108 unauthorized checks, the Informer reported.
IEGFCU merged with HawaiiUSA FCU last year, and the acquiring CU told the judge that auditors discovered the theft during the merger.