Showing posts with label embezzlement of funds by a bank officer. Show all posts
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Massachusetts Woman Charged With Embezzling More Than $175K From Bank

Kathleen Didonato, aka Kathleen O'Connell, 49, of Foxboro, Massachusetts, has been charged with embezzling more than $175,000 from the North Easton Savings Bank where she had been employed as an assistant bank manager.  According to authorities, Didonato's scheme began in October 2010 and continued through January 2011 wherein she withdrew funds in the form of cash or bank checks from customer accounts without authorization for her own benefit.  She has been charged with three felony counts including one each of Theft by Bank Officer or Employee, Bank Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft.

Read the story here and here.

Hat tip: Reader Joe.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Texas Woman Charged With Embezzling More Than $2.7 Million

Tracey Buckley, 44, of Palmer, Texas, has been charged with embezzling more than $2.7 million from the Bank of New York Mellon, where she had been employed as a bank officer. According to prosecutors, Buckley initiated at least 40 wire transfers totalling $2,719,674 from internal bank accounts to her own accounts at JP Morgan Chase. Buckley has been charged with one count of embezzlement of funds by a bank officer.

Read the story here and here.