
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 3, 1990                   TAG: 9004030161
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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RESCUE MISSION BANK SUIT SETTLED IN EMBEZZLEMENT

A lawsuit in which the Roanoke Rescue Mission sought to recover from Colonial American National Bank nearly $30,000 embezzled by a mission bookkeeper has been settled out of court.

The Rescue Mission filed a lawsuit last year that accused the bank of not detecting the actions of Bonnie Dawn Cummings, a former bookkeeper who forged nearly $30,000 in mission checks to her name.

The suit was the first public accusation against Cummings, who later was convicted in U.S. District Court of embezzlement and sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Mission officials have been unable to recover the money, and had hoped to claim it from the bank.

The settlement did not disclose how much money - if any - the mission received from the bank. Mission and bank officials declined to comment on the settlement.

by CNB