Former CU Lending Executive Pleads Guilty in $2.2 Million Fraud Case

Soundra Lopez, who approved more than 100 phony loans, is set to be sentenced in April.

By Peter Strozniak | January 23, 2024 at 04:00 PM

Jusge's gavel, law book and scales of justice

Nearly three weeks before jury members were to be selected for a $2.2 million auto loan fraud trial involving former credit union executive Soundra Lopez, she pleaded guilty to one felony count of bank fraud in a McAllen, Texas federal courtroom last Friday.

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