ANCHORAGE, Alaska–A former employee of Credit Union 1 here has been charged in federal court with embezzling more than $100,000.
The FBI has arrested Shanice Mano, 23, on a single charge of bank embezzlement, which carries a term of up to 30 years. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mano was a teller at Credit Union 1 when she accessed member accounts without permission and transferred the money to accounts she had control over and from which she was able to make withdrawals, prosecutors said.
She transferred the money from the accounts to her personal account and then made out a cashier's check totaling $101,192, which she cashed and collected on July 11, according to the complaint.
The U.S. Attorney said that on the same day as the transfer Mano called in sick to work, and then two days later allegedly told the credit union she couldn't work due to a death in the family. The complaint further alleges that at the same time she did not return to work at Credit Union 1 her husband paid off an $11,000 car loan, in cash.