A woman accused of defrauding a credit union and buying hundreds of items was sentenced to 27 months in prison. "She was a compulsive shopper and was one of the most extreme cases I'd ever seen," Dr. George Perovich, an Allentown psychologist told the AP.

Betty Jean Barachie, stole more than $1.5 million from her job at Northampton-Carbon County Federal Credit Union. She held no contest and pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement and filing a false federal tax return.

Barachie accumulated more than 1,500 items including hundreds of pairs of shoes, handbags, a $60,000 swimming pool, gambling trips to Las Vegas, 58 coats, 16 chain saws, a $25,000 John Deere tractor and more than 3,000 books.

The AP reports, U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno chastised the U.S. attorney's office for failing to prosecute others allegedly involved in looting what was believed to be millions from the credit union. "You have a small fish here. Where are the big fish? No one else has been charged with a parking ticket in this case," Robreno said according to the AP .