December 1, 2016

Michigan announced that Fuataina Afutiti, of Westland, was sentenced to 30 months to up to 20 years in prison for stealing nearly $2 million dollars from the Veterans Health Administration Credit Union. The former President and CEO of the credit union used the stolen funds for her personal use including leasing luxury cars, gambling and financing personal vacations. Afutiti, 50, plead guilty as charged to one count of Receiving Proceeds from a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and one count of Embezzlement from a Credit Union. She was sentenced Thursday, December 1, 2016 before Judge David Groner, in the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County. Afutiti will report to prison on January 4, 2017. MI

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