Feds Accuse Former CU Mailroom Employee of $5.4 Million Embezzlement

Duane Allen Sikes faces 10 counts of mail fraud and five counts of embezzlement of credit union funds.

By Peter Strozniak | September 10, 2018 at 02:57 PM

Federal prosecutors allege a former mailroom employee of theJacksonville, Fla.-based Vystar Credit Union embezzled $5.4 millionover 15 years.

Duane Allen Sikes is scheduled to be arraigned on 10 felonycounts of mail fraud and five felony counts of embezzlement ofcredit union funds in U.S. District Court in JacksonvilleTuesday.

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