Peggy S. Teel, a former head teller for the $112 millionBear Paw Credit Union, pleaded guilty Aug. 18 to embezzling$129,409 from the Harve, Mont.-based credit union over nineyears.
A police investigation found Teel had been stealing from BearPaw's ATMs, teller cash drawers, a lobby coin vault and the creditunion vault, according to court documents.
In 2007, executives began having unusual cash shortages at twoATMs at a local health center and a convenience store on a NativeAmerican reservation.
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