Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip,
Suzanne Silva, the former Chief Operating Officer of Winthrop University
Hospital Employees Federal Credit Union, was sentenced to 18 months in prison
for embezzling credit union funds during her employment and ordered to pay
$465,172 in restitution to the credit union.
Silva pleaded guilty to the embezzlement scheme in March 2019. The sentencing proceeding was held before
United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley.
Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of New York, and William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant
Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office
(FBI), announced the sentence.
Between March 2011 and June 2018, Silva transferred hundreds
of thousands of dollars from operating accounts of the credit union to accounts
in her name and the names of family members.
She used the funds to take Caribbean cruises, travel to Cancun and pay
thousands of dollars a month for purchases from the Amazon and Etsy websites.
Silva’s employment was terminated by Winthrop University
HEFCU in June 2018.
“For years, Silva plundered the credit union, abusing her
position as its Chief Operating Officer to commit serious crimes – all to serve
herself,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue. “For the next 18 months, she will pay the
price for her greed.”
The government’s case is being handled by the Office’s Long
Island Criminal Division. Assistant
United States Attorneys Charles P. Kelly and Madeline O’Connor are in charge of
the prosecution.
The Defendant:
SUZANNE SILVA
Age: 35
Carle Place, New York
E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 18-CR-507 (DRH)
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