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Ex-employee of Wichita bank pleads to embezzlement

embezzlementWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former employee has pleaded guilty to stealing at least $289,000 from a Wichita bank.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release Friday that 43-year-old Lisa Marie Evans pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement.

She admitted that she took the money from the Southwest National Bank in Wichita from 2011 to 2013.

Evans was responsible for balancing the bank vault every day. The missing money was discovered by auditors in April 2013. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says security footage of the vault showed Evans taking money and hiding it on her person.

Evans will be sentenced June 30. She faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000.

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