ALEXANDRIA, Va.–The National Credit Union Administration has issued a consent order against a former credit union employee who has been convicted of embezzlement.

The consent order bans Kally Jo Muzzana from participating in the affairs of any federally insured depository institution.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana, from January 2023 through Dec. 12, 2023, Muzzana, who was the operations manager at Altana Federal Credit Union, embezzled more than $60,000 of credit union funds by using debit cards, credit cards and account information of members to make unauthorized purchases. 

In addition, the U.S. attorney said Muzzana processed members’ fraudulent spending claims personally to avoid detection and prevented many of the members from filing police reports.

Members File Reports

“Some, however, did file police reports. Muzzana had access to customer data and was responsible for processing Altana’s entire fraud-alert process,” the U.S. Attorney said. “Muzzana created duplicate bank cards for customers’ accounts and took them home with her in addition to taking cards Altana received in the mail that were undelivered to customers. Muzzana used the bank cards to make purchases online and in retail stores around Billings.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case. The Billings Police Department and FBI conducted the investigation.

NCUA noted its enforcement orders and notices are searchable by name, institution, city, state, and year on the NCUA’s Administrative Orders webpage. The webpage also provides links to the federal enforcement actions of federal banking agencies against other institutions or their affiliated parties.