A former interim credit union CEO was accused of allegedlystealing more than $130,000 from the $7 million N.G.H. Credit Unionin Nashville, Tenn., the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation saidTuesday.

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TBI, the state's primary criminal investigative agency, allegedthat Ashley Rubbert Comer, 30, of Old Hickory, Tenn., stole thefunds while she was the interim CEO of the credit union.

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She allegedly opened loans in the names of family and friendswithout their consent and accessed the funds for her personaluse.

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Comer also allegedly wrote checks against her own bank accounton several occasions while knowing she didn't have sufficient fundsto cover the amounts.

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The TBI did not say when Comer was the interim CEO, but thecredit union's profile report filed with the NCUA shows that shewas listed as the CEO during the fourth quarter of 2014. SeanNeumann is listed as the CEO in the credit union's 2015 firstquarter profile report.

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TBI said Comer (pictured at left) was charged with onecount of forgery, one count of theft of more than $60,000 and eightcounts of writing worthless checks.

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She is being held in the Davidson County Jail in Nashville on a$100,000 bond.

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N.G.H. Credit Union President/CEO Joseph Amellio declined tocomment about the case when reached by CU TimesWednesday.

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