A Lehighton woman is charged with embezzling more than $300,000 from customers' accounts at Jim Thorpe National Bank, where she worked as a customer service supervisor.
The U.S. attorney's office in Scranton said Shelly Ann Kocher intends to plead guilty to one count of theft or embezzlement by a bank officer. The charge, filed Wednesday in federal court, carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.
According to court documents, Kocher, 42, stole $287,324 from the savings and certificate of deposit accounts shared by two customers by making frequent unauthorized cash withdrawals between September 2010 and April 2013.
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Update (1/8/2015): Kocher sentenced to 27 months in jail. Her alleged theft is now believed to be $377,000. Read the update here.
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