PARSONS, Kan.–Two people have been charged with embezzlements at credit unions.
Nita Rae Nirschl, 64, the former manager of Parsons Pittsburg CU in Kansas, has been charged with embezzling more than $5 million from the institution.
The alleged embezzlement is the primary reason the credit union was declared insolvent and liquidated.
According to prosecutors, the 81-count federal grand jury indictment alleges that from 2010 to December 2014, Nirshl stole more than $5 million from the Parsons Pittsburg Credit Union.
The stolen money was allegedly deposited in her personal bank accounts, the Kansas City Star reported. Nirschl allegedly laundered the money by withdrawing the cash from ATMs at casinos in Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Nevada, according to the indictment.
Separately, in Fayetteville, Ark., Doretha Denise Steward, 39, has been charged with embezzling $23,481 from Fayetteville Postal Credit Union between July and October of 2016, according to the Fayetteville Observer.
The publication reported that Stewart briefly barricaded herself in her home when lawmen went to arrest her and then told a magistrate she was in the shower when they initially knocked on her door, according to other arrest documents.