The most glaring anomaly was Taupa’s cash on deposit balance, which far exceeded peer
group averages. As noted earlier, Taupa's cash on deposit grew from January 2004 to March
2013, to a range of 36 percent to 69 percent of total assets, while peer group averages were
around 8 percent. Additionally, the ratio of investments to total assets was an average of 9
percent for Taupa, compared to 26 percent for the peer group average over the same period.
We believe examiners should have recognized this as an anomaly. We also believe further
investigation by examiners of the low percentage of investments to total assets coupled with
the high percentage of cash to total assets held by the Credit Union may have led to earlier
detection of the ongoing fraudulent activity at the Credit Union.