A Mouseketeer from TV's 1950s "Mickey Mouse Club" has been charged with mail fraud for taking more than $300,000 in payouts from a class-action suit.

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Darlene Gillespie, 64, and her husband Jerry Fraschilla are accused in New York of forming bogus companies to grab a large chunk of the settlement reached in a case against Measurement Specialties, the New York Post reported Saturday.

Both Gillespie and her husband are ex-cons, the Post noted. They are in the custody of federal authorities in California pending a bail hearing Tuesday.

Gillespie served two years in prison and her husband served nine months for a 1998 securities fraud convictions, the Post said.

Gillespie was also reportedly convicted of shoplifting in 1997, for which she received probation.