DENVER — A federal judge has sentenced a woman to two years in
prison, after she admitted stealing thousands of dollars from an elderly
woman while managing a Colorado credit union.
Judge R. Brooke Jackson on Thursday sentenced Claudette Retana for
taking $134,650 from an 80-year-old woman’s account at a credit union in
Pueblo. Retana pleaded guilty in May to financial institution fraud.
The Pueblo Chieftain reports that Retana admitted taking the money in
small amounts between 2009 and 2017 from the account of the victim, who
is now 91.
Retana apologized during the hearing and said she knew it was “very wrong.”
Her attorney says Retana also will pay back the credit union, which
reimbursed the customer’s money plus more than $26,000 in interest she
should have earned.
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Former Colorado credit union manager given jail time for stealing $134K from elderly woman
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Credit union manager? You see? You must watch everybody in every profession. Stealing from the elderly is too easy.
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