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The United States Attorney's Office Western District of Kentucky Contact: Sandy Focken PRESS RELEASE February 13, 2008 |
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CENTRAL BANK EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING $66,000
LOUISVILLE, KY—Sheri J. Fox, age 53, of Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, pled guilty to embezzlement, U.S. Attorney David L. Huber of the Western District of Kentucky announced today.
Fox admitted that between April 1, 2006 and September 18, 2006, while employed by Central Bank as a Deposit Operations Supervisor, she embezzled $66,000 in monies from accounts maintained by the bank on behalf of its customers. Central Bank, located in Jefferson County, Kentucky, is a depository insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which makes the embezzlement a federal crime.
The maximum potential penalties are 30 years imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, and supervised release for a period of 3 years.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ann Claire Phillips, and it was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The plea was entered before John G. Heyburn, II, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Louisville, Kentucky.
Fox is scheduled to be sentenced before Judge Heyburn on May 12, 2008 at 2:00 p.m., in Louisville, Kentucky.