The FBI announced Wednesday that it is offering a $20,000 rewardfor information leading to the arrest of suspects who kidnappedcredit union and bank employees and forced them to rob their ownfinancial institutions in Tennessee.

“The FBI, along with the Knoxville Police Department, KnoxCounty Sheriff's Office and the Oak Ridge Police Department arerequesting the public's assistance in identifying and locatingindividuals responsible for the kidnapping and extortion involvingthe Y-12 Federal Credit Union and the kidnapping and extortioninvolving the SmartBank,” a statement released by the FBIoffice in Knoxville, Tenn. read.

On April 28, 2015, two men and a woman entered the WestKnoxville home of MarkZiegler, president/CEO for the $837 million Y-12 FederalCredit Union in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

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