A former credit union assistant vice president was sentencedlast week to two and half years in federal prison for embezzling$826,000 from the $223 million Pantex Federal Credit Union inBorger, Texas to buy “toys” for her late husband.

U.S. District Court Judge Mary Lou Robinson in Amarillo, Texasordered Dorothy Stegall Barnes, 57, of Fritch, Texas, who also went bythe last name of Newman, to pay restitution totaling $797,336 andserve five years of supervised release following her prisonsentence.

Stegall pleaded guilty in September to embezzlement.

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