Administrative Order: In the Matter of Connie Marie Kent

NOTICE OF PROHIBITION

WHEREAS on or about June 25, 2019, Connie Marie Kent (“Kent”) was sentenced on the charge of Embezzlement by a Credit Union Employee, 18 U.S.C. § 657, a charge to which she previously pleaded guilty, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, in connection with her employment at Topeka Post Office Credit Union (now 1^st Kansas Credit Union);

WHEREAS a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 657 is a criminal offense involving dishonesty and breach of trust;

NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT:

1. Pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 1785(d)(1)(A) and 12 U.S.C.  § 1829(a)(1)(A), Kent is prohibited from becoming an “institution affiliated party” of any insured depository institution, as defined in 12 U.S.C. § 1786(r); otherwise participating, directly or indirectly, in the conduct of the affairs of any insured depository institution; and owning or controlling, directly or indirectly, any insured depository institution;
2. Pursuant to 12 U.S. C. § 1785(d)(1)(B) and 12 U.S.C. § 1829(a)(1)(B), no insured depository institution may permit Kent to engage in any conduct or continue in any relationship prohibited in paragraph 1 above;
3. Pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 1785(d)(3) and 12 U.S.C. § 1829(b), whoever knowingly violates paragraph 1 or 2 above is subject to a fine of not more than $1 million for each day such prohibition is violated, or imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both;
4. The “Judgment In A Criminal Case” document, Case No. 5:19CR40008-001, is made a part hereof and is incorporated herein by reference; and

ISSUED this 5^th day of September, 2019.

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION