Chase teller steals $37k from customers
A JP Morgan Chase bank teller is accused of stealing nearly $40,000 from customers at the Boca Raton branch where he worked so he could pay his bills, according to an arrest report.
Israel Conley, 20, was arrested Aug. 19 on more than a dozen charges of fraud and larceny.
The Boca Raton man had been working at the branch at 240 East Palmetto Park Road for about two months when he allegedly started withdrawing thousands of dollars from customer accounts in July, the report said.
His victims were mostly elderly customers, ranging from 57-years-old to 99-years-old, police said.
On August 16, the branch manager alerted a corporate investigator about some suspicious transactions she came across during an audit. Conley had processed $36,800 in withdrawls, but the customer withdrawl slips were written in the same handwriting, according to the report.
It turns out he forged customer signatures to withdraw large lumps of money from at least six accounts, including a hair extension business, according to the report. He then deposited the stolen cash into his own account at the bank.
Ineptitude | admin August 27, 2010
