Because Cheryl Vickers had been vice president of accounting and IT for years, she used her inside knowledge to manipulate her credit union's internal controls and commit fraud, prosecutors said.

A U.S District Court judge in Houston sentenced the retired executive of the $631 million Houston Police Federal Credit Union to three years and four months in federal prison Monday for embezzling more than $1.2 million over 18 years.

Vickers, 66, stole the funds from unclaimed checks and reissued them to pay her personal bills.

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