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Du Page County Employees Credit Union

Friday, September 14, 2012

Former Employee of DuPage Employee Credit Union Faces Theft Charges

Hermila Garcia of Elgin is charged with stealing $3,000 from not-for-profit agency.

A former employee of the DuPage County Employees Credit Union (DCECU) is charged with stealing $3,000 from the not-for profit agency, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin announced Friday. Hermila Garcia, 33 of Elgin, had worked as a teller at the DCECU for approximately seven years. She is charged with two counts of theft over $500, a Class 3 felony, two counts of financial institution fraud, a Class 3 felony, and two counts of misappropriation of financial institution property, a Class 3 felony, according to a press release from the DuPage County State's Attorney. As a DCECU employee, Garcia allegedly completed paperwork indicating she had deposited money from her drawer to the vault, but kept it for herself on at least two …

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