Former CEO Gets 42-Month Prison Sentence for Credit Union Embezzlement

Phillip Topping steals $267,000 from a church-lobby ATM and teller cash drawer at an Alabama credit union.

By Peter Strozniak | March 21, 2023 at 04:50 PM

A federal judge ordered a former president/CEO, Phillip Brian Topping, to begin his 42-month prison sentence in July for embezzling $267,000 from the $1.1 million New Pilgrim Federal Credit Union in Birmingham, Ala.

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