Rhoda Pohina, a former assistant manager, was sentenced to fouryears in prison Wednesday for stealing more than $170,000 from the$14.3 million Harrison District No. 2 Federal Credit Union inColorado Springs, according to the 4th Judicial District Attorney'soffice.
|The 39-year-old pleaded guilty to a felony theftcharge in August.
|According to a police investigation, Pohina used her homecomputer to access the credit union's databases that shemanipulated to funnel cash advances into her account. She usedthose stolen funds to pay off her credit cards.
|A lack of controls enabled Pohina to carry out the theft fromDecember 2008 to June 2015, police said.
|Nicholas Jensen, president/CEO of Harrison District No. 2 FCU,said while Pohina was able to take advantage of some internalcontrol weaknesses at that time, the credit union eliminated thoseweaknesses following a review by the NCUA and independentauditors.
|A plea agreement requires Pohina to pay $215,157 in restitutionto the credit union's insurance company and an additional $3,100 tocover the credit union's insurance deductible, according to the 4thJudicial District Attorney's office, which prosecuted the case.
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