A woman from Sedgwick County, Kansas, has admitted to making false statements to law enforcement about unauthorized access to her bank account. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
In July 2019, Summer Heather Worden claimed that her estranged spouse had illegally accessed her bank account by guessing the password while deployed on the International Space Station. Investigators later determined that Worden herself had opened the account in April 2018 and both individuals used it until January 2019, when she changed the login information.
Authorities found that Worden had provided her spouse with access to her bank records since at least 2015, including sharing login credentials.
U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett accepted Worden’s guilty plea on November 13. Sentencing is scheduled for February 12, 2026. Worden could face up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Worden remains free on bond until sentencing.
The NASA Office of Inspector General led the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Richard D. Hanes and Brandon Fyffe prosecuted the case.
