Arizona

• AEA FCU Acquires Co-Conspirator Ruiz’s Houses

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 10, 2012

  Ruiz was a co-conspirator in a business lending kickback scheme with the credit union’s former vice president of business lending, William Liddle.

• AEA FCU: Liddle, Wife to Pay $25 Million for Roles in Business Loan Scam

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 15, 2012

  William Liddle and his wife, Rhonda, have agreed to pay more than $25.3 million for participating in a business loan kickback scheme involving AEA FCU.

• William Liddle Receives 15-Year Sentence in AEA Federal Credit Union Case

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 4, 2012

  Former vice president found guilty of 54 counts of fraud that led to the near collapse of AEA Federal Credit Union sent to prison.

• AEA FCU: Liddle Gets New Sentencing Date, Police Probe Stabbing Claim

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  May 23, 2012

  After meeting a noon deadline Tuesday for confirming William Liddle’s reported stabbing, the former AEA Federal Credit Union lending executive will be sentenced June 1.

• AEA FCU: Judge Suspicious of Liddle’s Stabbing, May Issue Warrant

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  May 22, 2012

  Federal judge says proof by noon Tuesday or warrant issued.

• AEA Federal Credit Union Improves Financials, Spiffs Up Image

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 4, 2012

  Improved financials, new products and services under NCUA conservatorship following insider lending fraud case.

• AEA Federal Credit Union Accomplice Gets Two-Year Prison Term

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 10, 2012

  A co-conspirator in the business lending kickback scheme that led to the collapse of AEA FCU has been sentenced to 24 months in prison.

• Jury Finds Former AEA FCU Loan Officer, Wife Guilty of Fraud

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  February 13, 2012

  William and Rhonda Liddle convicted in Arizona business loan case.

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  Angels in Arizona

  December 12, 2011

  Pinal County FCU reaches out to Against Abuse Inc. with its "angel tree."

• Judge Gives AEA FCU Authority to Recover Lost Loan Funds

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  October 25, 2011

  Nearly a year after AEA Federal Credit Union was placed under NCUA conservatorship, the financial institution is in court trying to recover some of the funds it allegedly lost in millions of dollars of soured business loans.