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A former head teller turned drug dealer, who dropped off the grid for more than two years after stealing $628,000 from a Virginia credit union, will be sentenced in June on embezzlement and drug charges, according to court documents and federal prosecutors.

Jorge Omar Navarro pleaded guilty in a North Carolina federal court last week, admitting that he used Hollywood movie prop money to conceal his theft from the $328 million URW Federal Credit Union in Danville. He also admitted that he possessed marijuana with an intent to distribute it and possessed firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking crime.

Peter Strozniak

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