The NCUA issued prohibition orders to the following sevenindividuals during the month of March for fraud and theft:

Alex Spirikaitis, the former CEO of Taupa Lithuanian CreditUnion in Cleveland, Ohio, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commitbank fraud. The credit union was liquidated in July 2013. He wasultimately sentenced to 130 months in prison, five years supervisedrelease and ordered to pay $15 million in restitution.

Vytas Apanavicius, a former bookkeeper at Taupa LithuanianCredit Union, was sentenced to 21 months in prison and three yearssupervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of$962,689 for conspiring to commit theft or embezzlement.

Michael Rusksenas, a former teller at Taupa Lithuanian CreditUnion, also pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit theft andembezzlement. He was sentenced to 17 months in prison and threeyears supervised release. He must pay $481,502 in restitution.

John Richards, a former employee of the $10.4 million PolkCounty Credit Union in Des Moines, Iowa, pleaded guilty to banktheft and received one year of probation. Richards was ordered topay restitution in the amount of $50,795.

Saundra Scales, a former employee of the $36.3 million FirstLegacy Community Credit Union in Charlotte, N.C., consented to aprohibition order to avoid the time and expense of administrativelitigation, according to the NCUA.

Wendy Wall, former president/CEO of the defunct Pepsi ColaFederal Credit Union in Buena Park, Calif., pleaded guilty to bankfraud and was sentenced to 21 months in prison and four years ofsupervised release. She was also ordered to pay $480,273.77 inrestitution.

Brandi Ward, a former internal accountant at the $34 millionDowell Federal Credit Union in Tulsa, Okla., pleaded guilty toembezzlement and was sentenced to five years supervised release.She must pay restitution in the amount of $105,839.04.