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"summary": "EASTThe $638 million Webster First Federal Credit Union in Worcester, Mass., said Executive Vice President/CFO Paul Richard retired Dec. 31 after 23 years…",
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"summary": "The NCUA issued prohibition orders Dec. 31 that banned six former credit union employees from federally insured institutions. Three of the six were from the $12.6 million OTS Federal Credit Union in Honolulu, which an FBI agent described as a den of thieves",
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