Prohibition orders issued Thursday by the NCUA include oneinvolving a tiny credit union that couldn't recover from the theft,and was merged.

All former credit union employees receiving the orders arebanned from participating in the affairs of any federally insuredfinancial institution.

Tiffany Samuells, a former employee of the $7million Clara Barton Federal Credit Union in Washington, D.C., pleadedguilty to the charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Samuellswas sentenced to 15 months in prison, five years of supervisedrelease and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of$497,150.

According to an FBI release, Samuells and another Clara Bartonemployee issued fraudulent loans without members' knowledge orconsent. Other loans were issued in exchange for receiving aportion of the loan proceeds.

Samuells also withdrew and transferred money from members'accounts into hers, often after the credit union had closed for theday. Clara Barton merged with the $15.5 billion Pentagon FCUin November 2008.

Brian E. Tyler, a former manager of EastKentucky Employees FCU in Winchester, Ky., was convicted ofembezzlement. Tyler was sentenced to one year in prison, five yearsof supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amountof $104,684.81. He pleaded guilty June 25, 2012, in Lexington, Ky.federal court to charges that he created a secret account andtransferred $100,000 into it from another account. Accordingto press reports, Tyler shredded documents and created a fake loanto cover the theft, and used most of the money to purchase a home.He also stole other funds from the credit union and used a companycredit card to make fraudulent purchases.

The $27 million EKEFCU was merged into the $340 million MembersHeritage FCU effective Sept. 1, 2012.

Teresa D. Johnson, a former employee of the$825 million SAFE FCU in Sumter, S.C., pleaded guilty to the chargeof embezzlement. Johnson was sentenced to 21 months in prison, fiveyears of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in theamount of $241,272.90.

Aimee Lyn Bailey, a former employee of the $502million Credit Union of America of Wichita, Kan., was convicted oftheft. Bailey was sentenced to 24 months' probation, one year ofsupervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of$51,773.14.

Raymond Cordero, a former employee of the $248million Envision Credit Union of Tallahassee, Fla., pleaded nolocontendere to counts of bank fraud, fraudulent use of a creditcard, criminal use of personal information and grand theft. Corderowas sentenced to 45 days in prison, four years of probation andordered to pay restitution in the amount $11,887.

Kristi Lynn Hunter, a former employee of the$62 million Russell Country FCU of Great Falls, Mont., wasconvicted of embezzlement. The court deferred the imposition ofsentence for a period of four years and ordered Hunter to payrestitution in the amount of $4,928.78.