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Former Massachusetts Bank of America Teller Charged with Bank Fraud and Identity Theft

By Altman & Altman

In Massachusetts, Jeffrey Gautreaux, a former Bank of America teller, has been charged with two counts of aggravated identity theft, 17 counts of bank fraud, and one count of access device fraud. The charges are related to a fraud scam that allegedly occurred between July 2005 and June 2006. The 25-year-old, who worked at a Bank of America branch in Peabody, is accused of getting bank customers? personal information and account data and selling the stolen information to people that then made unauthorized withdrawals?ranging from $2,800 to $31,800?from the accounts. At least $270,000 was taken out of these accounts without the bank customers? authorization. If convicted, Gautreaux could be ordered to pay a $1 million fine for each bank fraud count and serve up to 30 years in prison, in addition to supervised release for five years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on June 14, 2009 (boomark / email).