An ex-employee of a federal credit union has been arrested and charged with embezzlement and making false entries into books and records.

U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick announced today that a federal grand jury has charged Susanna Guajardo, 42, of Pearland, in a five-count superseding indictment returned under seal Dec. 12, 2018. She was taken into custody earlier today, Wednesday, December 19, at which time the indictment was unsealed and she made her initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Frances Stacy.

Guajardo is alleged to have committed embezzlement of $1,154,876 and three counts of making false entries into the books and records of a federal credit union between 2010 and 2018. Another ex-employee, Grace Garza, aka Grace Valencia, 48, of Pasadena, was also charged with embezzlement related to the scam. She was originally charged last month with two counts of embezzlement and was released on bond. She is expected to appear again in court on these charges in the near future.

If convicted of any of the charges, each faces up to 30 years in federal prison and a possible $1 million fine.

The FBI conducted the investigation and Assistant U.S. Attorney Belinda Beek is prosecuting the case.www.justice.gov/usao -sdtx