An employee at a New Orleans-area credit union was arrested lastweek after allegedly stealing a member's $11,000 deposit, theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
|Monique Gaines, 42, a teller at ASI Federal Credit Union, was booked Sept. 20 at the JeffersonParish Correctional Center on charges of bank fraud and theft of $1,500 or more, and was released thesame day on $15,000 bail, said Colonel John Fortunato, aspokesperson for the sheriff's office.
|The arrest followed an investigation that began when a member ofthe $317 million credit union in Harahan, La., reported that aSept. 18 deposit had not been noted in their account, according tothe police report.
|The 70,000-member institution's surveillance footage, which wasreviewed by management and investigators, allegedly showed Gainesaccepting the cash from the member and putting it into the back ofher drawer, instead of into the till, the report said.
|The video reportedly showed Gaines later removing the money fromthe drawer and putting it in her purse. When confronted byinvestigators, Gaines confessed she had stolen the money andrevealed where it was hidden, the sheriff's office said.
|Deputies recovered the cash and took the Kenner, La., residentinto custody.
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