Ardonus Sherrel Perkins, a former assistant vice president ofrisk management for the $243 million Credit Union ofGeorgia in Woodstock, was sentenced to 36 months of probationlast week in U.S. District Court in Atlanta.
|On July 30, Federal Judge Mark H. Cohen also ordered Perkins topay restitution of $169,208 to the credit union and CUMIS InsuranceSociety 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 droppedbank fraud charges and identity fraud charges.
|Perkins used her position at the credit union to fraudulentlyobtain more than $369,000 by taking out lines of credit, signatureloans, credit card advances and refinanced auto loans in the namesof 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 theaccounts 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 courtdocuments.
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