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SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah County man will serve more than five years in prison for stealing close to $2 million from four credit unions.
On Tuesday, a judge sentenced 43-year-old Zeldon Thomas Morris to 63 months in prison and ordered he pay back over $1.8 million.
According to the Deseret News, Morris pleaded guilty to taking the funds from Deseret First Credit Union, First Credit Union, Alpine Credit Union and Family First Credit Union in 2008.
The FBI discovered he was hired to help the credit unions with computer upgrades. Instead, he used the passwords to create accounts.
Morris admitted to transferring the money to his joint business account, Lee and Morris Enterprises LLC. He remodeled his home and paid for two cars with the money.
Morris will begin his prison sentence June 18.
