Ardonus Sherrel Perkins, a former assistant vice president of risk management for the $243 million Credit Union of Georgia in Woodstock, was sentenced to 36 months of probation last week in U.S. District Court in Atlanta.

On July 30, Federal Judge Mark H. Cohen also ordered Perkins to pay restitution of $169,208 to the credit union and CUMIS Insurance Society Inc. in Madison, Wis., according to court records.

Perkins pleaded guilty in May to one count of mail fraud.

In exchange for her guilty plea, federal prosecutors dropped bank fraud charges and identity fraud charges.

Perkins used her position at the credit union to fraudulently obtain more than $369,000 by taking out lines of credit, signature loans, credit card advances and refinanced auto loans in the names of her friends and family members, according to court records.

Federal prosecutors said Perkins, a resident of Atlanta, concealed her fraud by changing the mailing addresses on the accounts in the names of friends and family members to a U.S. postal box in Marietta, Ga.

The fraud occurred from January 2008 to August 2010.

Perkins, 41, is also known as Donna Perkins, according to court documents.

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