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Bank manager stole $208,939 from client and pulled money from accounts despite victim's death: US Department of Justice
A former bank manager has admitted to stealing from client accounts in a scheme that continued even after the victim's death.
The District of New Jersey District Attorney's Office says James Gomez, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud affecting a financial institution.
The Justice Department alleges that Gomez, who worked as a branch manager for an unnamed international bank, hatched a scheme that defrauded the victim of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
From January to April 2020, Gomez logged into customer accounts without authorization more than a dozen times. He created an email address in the victim's name and used it to register the client's accounts with the lender's online banking services. Gomez also linked his personal cell phone number to the customer's online banking account.
With full control of the victim's online banking profile, Gomez transferred a total of $208,939 from the client's accounts to his personal accounts at other banks and to his personal investment account.
In an attempt to hide his crime, Gomez also used a fake email account to send messages to his official work account to make it appear that the victim was instructing the bank to make the transfers. The former branch manager continued the scheme after the victim's death on April 6, 2020.
Gomez now faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine. His former employer took the loss to repay the victim's estate.
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