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Midland City Woman Receives 15-Month Federal Prison Sentence
for Embezzling Funds from Wiregrass Federal Credit Union
MONTGOMERY, AL—Becky J. Hughes, age 49, of Midland City, Alabama, was
sentenced to 15 months in federal prison following her March 25, 2009, guilty plea to a one-count
felony information charging her with wilfully misapplying funds (embezzlement) of the
Wiregrass Federal Credit Union, in Dothan, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section
657, U.S. Attorney Leura G. Canary announced today. Hughes was also ordered to serve a term
of supervised release of five years, and was ordered to pay restitution of $138,317.
According to the plea agreement and information, Hughes was employed by Wiregrass as
a staff accountant and, subsequently, as chief financial officer. Beginning in approximately
2000, Hughes, without proper authorization from Wiregrass, opened several Wiregrass VISA
credit card accounts in her name and in the name of relatives. In addition, in one case, Hughes,
without authority, increased the credit limit on an account in her name from $5,000 to $50,000. Hughes used the credit card accounts for cash advances and purchases. At the time Wiregrass
discovered Hughes's conduct in January 2008, the debt owed to Wiregrass based on the
unauthorized credit cards was approximately $137,000.
Hughes will remain free on bail until September, at which time she will report to the
institution designated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was prosecuted by
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew O. Schiff.
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