The Justice Department says in July and August of 2024, Damani Brown allegedly used his credentials to access the accounts of 12 customers and then drained a total of $477,000 from those accounts.
The employee allegedly worked with a co-conspirator.
“Brown was able to see whether the victim customers had ever registered their online accounts, their bank member number and social security number. Shortly after Brown performed a lookup, a co-conspirator registered the victim customer’s online account.”
After being drained from the dozen customer accounts, the funds were moved to third-party accounts, according to the Justice Department. Approximately $327,000 was transferred via CashApp or withdrawn from local bank branches. Some of the victims reported about their missing money to the bank within a few days of noticing the unauthorized transactions.