The defense attorney for a Kansas woman accused of stealing from the credit union where she worked says his client is a good person who found herself in a difficult financial situation and made a series of bad decisions to save her farm.

Pamela Emig, 47, of Solomon has a court hearing Tuesday in federal court in Topeka to face one count of embezzlement. She is charged with stealing $817,167 from April 2005 to August 2011 from Enterprise Credit in Enterprise, where she was a manager.

Defense attorney Christopher Joseph says there is a plea agreement and his client accepts responsibility for her conduct. He says Emig did not live lavishly by any standard, and the circumstances of her actions will be explained at sentencing.

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A Dickinson County woman has been charged with embezzling more than $800,000 from the credit union where she worked, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

Pamela Emig, 47, Solomon, Kan., was charged with one count of embezzlement. A criminal information filed in U.S. District Court in Topeka alleges Emig embezzled $817,167 while she was working for Enterprise Credit at 102 Factory in Enterprise, Kan. The crime is alleged to have occurred from April 30, 2005, to Aug. 8, 2011.

If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison and a fine up to $1 million. The FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Hathaway and Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Kenney are prosecuting.