A 23-year-old Anchorage woman has been charged in federal court with embezzling more than $100,000 from her former employer, Credit Union 1.
The FBI led the investigation and arrested Shanice Mano on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Anchorage. Mano faces a single charge of bank embezzlement, which could mean a sentence of up to 30 years if she is convicted.
Mano was a teller at the Credit Union 1 when she accessed customer accounts without permission and transferred the money to accounts she had control over and from which she was able to make withdrawals, prosecutors said.
She transferred the money from the accounts to her personal account and made out at cashier's check totaling $101,192, which she cashed and collected on July 11, according to the complaint.
That same day, Mano called in sick to work, the complaint says. Two days later she said she couldn't work due to a death in the family. And as of July 21, she hadn't returned to work.
Around the time she stopped showing up for work altogether, her husband paid off an $11,000 car loan, in cash, at the bank, according to the complaint.
Online court records indicate Mano made an initial court appearance Tuesday and was released to a probation officer. She surrendered her passport Wednesday, the records show.