ALEXANDRIA, Va.– Two people have been issued prohibition notices by NCUA, permanently banning them from participating in the affairs of any federally insured depository institution.
Issued the prohibition notices were Jorge Navarro, a former teller at URW Community FCU in Danville, Va., who was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, on one count of misapplication and embezzlement from a credit union, and one count of uttering counterfeit United State currency in connection with his employment at the credit union.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia, Navarro was arrested in April 2021 after two years on the run on federal charges of embezzling $617,000 from the credit union. The theft took place between July 2017 and September 2018 when Navarro replaced the money he had stolen with counterfeit bills.
According to court documents filed in the Middle District of North Carolina, on March 31, 2021, Durham, N.C., police responded to a report of gunshots. When officers arrived, they encountered Navarro, who was using a fake name. Navarro was covered in blood and fleeing the scene of the reported gunfire. Police searched an apartment being used by Navarro and discovered cocaine and several firearms. They also found multiple forms of false identification, leading to Navarro’s arrest.
Fraud in Michigan
Also issued a prohibition order was Robert P. Shorkey, the former controller at DFCU Financial Credit Union in Dearborn, Mich. Shorkey was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, on one count of financial institution fraud in connection with his employment at the credit union.
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