Two former police officers who were members of the $37 million Wilkes-Barre City Employees Federal Credit Union were sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for participating in a fake loan scheme.

Tino Ninotti, a retired police officer for the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., police department, was sentenced to one month in federal prison and two years of supervised release. Jason Anthony, a former Wilkes-Barre city police officer, was sentenced to time served and two years of supervised release with the first three months in home confinement.

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