The NCUA announced last month that it banned six former employees from participating in the affairs of any federally-insured financial institution for stealing money and other crimes.

Fuataina Afutiti, the former president/CEO of Veterans Health Administration Credit Union, was sentenced in December to two and half years to up to 20 years in state prison for stealing nearly $2 million from the Detroit-based credit union, which had $2 million in assets. With the stolen funds from 2012 to 2016, she leased or bought several cars, including a 2013 Mercedes Benz and a motorhome. Afutiti also used the credit union's money to pay for vacations.

Phillip Webb, a former manager of network services for St. Paul Postal Employees Credit Union, now the $650 million Ideal Credit Union in Woodbury, Minn., pleaded guilty to mail fraud in 2010. He was sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay $169,932 in restitution in 2011. After illegally obtaining computer components from a vendor, Webb sold the replacement parts and delivered them through a package delivery company.

Mayty Lee, a former employee of the $1.9 billion Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union in St. Paul, Minn., pleaded guilty to the charge of theft. Lee, who stole $99,660, was sentenced to one day in jail and 10 years' probation, and was ordered to pay full restitution.

Tamela Suzanne Bordelon, a former employee of the $110 million Eagle Louisiana Federal Credit Union in Baton Rouge, La., pleaded guilty to stealing $34,865. She was sentenced to a 10-year suspended jail term and five years' supervised probation, and was ordered to pay full restitution.

Kristen E. Amos, a former employee of the $8.5 million Local 50 Plumbers & Steamfitters Federal Credit Union in Northwood, Ohio pleaded no contest to petty theft charge. Amos received one year of probation and was ordered to pay a fine of $250 and restitution of $6,000.

Mark A. Jesse, a former employee of the $16.5 million Menasha Employees Credit Union in Menasha, Wis., pleaded no contest to a theft charge. Jesse was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years' probation. The amount of the theft was not specified by the NCUA.