JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 27-year-old Jacksonville woman was recently sentenced to five years in prison on each of the six counts she was convicted of in a fraud case in May. The sentences run concurrently.
A jury convicted Brittany Johnson on two counts of defrauding a financial institution by schemes, two counts of criminal use of personal identification information, and two counts of grand theft.
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Between March and September 2011, suspicious withdrawal activity took place on two separate elderly customers' accounts from Community First Credit Union. Johnson, who was an employee at the time, had access to customers' account information, which she used to conduct the crimes.
For one of the victim's accounts, Johnson listed herself as a beneficiary to the account before she made the transactions and then removed herself from the account shortly after the withdrawals. Johnson's last fraudulent withdrawal occurred on her last day of employment with Community First Credit Union.
After completing her five-year prison sentence, Johnson must also serve five years of probation to $32,200 in restitution to Community First Credit Union.