Ex-CEO of Roanoke Valley credit union gets 10 months in prison for embezzlement

The former CEO of a Roanoke Valley credit union was sentenced Tuesday to 10 months in prison for embezzlement, a crime that prosecutors said was part of a larger scheme that caused the financial institution to fail. Kelly Givens, 39, exploited the trust she built among members of the FedStar Federal Credit Union, its employees and its board of directors, U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Dillon said in pronouncing punishment. “This was not some unknown mass of people, or some corporation,” the judge told a contrite Givens, who was allowed to...