Two former police officers who were members of the $37 million Wilkes-Barre City Employees Federal Credit Union were sentenced May 9 in U.S. District Court in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for participating in a fake loan scheme.

Tino Ninotti, a retired police officer for the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., police department, was sentenced to one month in federal prison and two years of supervised release. Jason Anthony, a former Wilkes-Barre city police officer, was sentenced to time served and two years of supervised release with the first three months in home confinement.

They pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

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