A former credit union employee was sentenced Wednesday in U.S.District Court to five years of probation after pleading guilty tolaundering drug money for her ex-boyfriend, said the U.S.Attorney's Office in Portland, Ore.

From April 2011 to April 2012, Janelle Fuston, 25, of Aloha,Ore., laundered more than $120,000 at the $6.2 billion First Tech Federal Credit Union where she worked, authoritiessaid.

Court documents do not reveal what her title was or at whatbranch Fuston worked. First Tech FCU is based in Mountain View,Calif., and operates 10 branches in Oregon.

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