A U.S. District Court judge in East St. Louis, Ill., sentenced aformer credit union member and small business owner to more thanthree years in federal prison last month for bank fraud and making15 false loan applications over 14 months.

Judge David R. Herndon also ordered Christopher William Kreider,29, to pay $207,116 in restitution and to serve five years ofsupervised release following his 37-month prison term.

Beginning in March 2010, Kreider started using his employees andfriends to borrow funds from the $1.6 million Bell Community Credit Union in Alton, Ill., for his landscapingand excavating company because of the cooperative's loan limit,federal prosecutors said in court documents.

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