A former credit union employee who pleaded guilty in a million dollar fraud case has been sentenced to house arrest and probation.
Cheryl Drumm pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 in October in connection with the theft of more than $1 million from her employer, the former Bayshore Credit Union over four and a half years.
Friday, Justice Patrick Hurley sentenced Drumm, now 53, to a conditional sentence of two years less a day and three years probation saying she has taken responsibility for her crime and is a first time offender.
She will spend the first 10 months in house arrest, only allowed to leave home for work and a few other exceptions.
She must repay more than $89,000, including a monthly $300 payment during her conditional sentence and probation period.
Drumm is also barred from seeking employment with a financial institution or in the financial services industry for 10 years.
Justice Hurley noted that in addition to showing remorse and being a first time offender, he agreed with a statement made by her former manager during a pre-sentencing interview where they said they believed Drumm was remorseful and is a “good person who did a bad thing.”
He did say her motivation for committing the crime remained somewhat puzzling as more than 90% of the embezzled money went to two people who she really did not know.
Charges against the two others, Allan Lasher and George Misuraca, were withdrawn in 2019 after they agreed to pay civil restitution.
All three were initially charged in 2016.
