A former New York bank director James Gomes, has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for stealing over$ 200, 000 from a customer’s account. He entered a guilty plea to one line fraud charge involving a financial institution.
The Department of Justice ( DOJ) said that Gomes, 43, used his position at an international bank to steal$ 208, 938.68 from a customer’s account between January and April 2020, according to a USA Today report. He linked his mobile number to the profile, registered it for website solutions, and transferred the money to his personal records.
Gomes ‘ plan was continued, according to the prosecution, even after the victim passed away on April 5, 2020. To make it look as though the buyer was still communicating with him, he created a fictitious email address.
Gomes used a false email address with the customer’s name to engage in false exchanges with his own standard bank email address, according to officials, according to a statement released by USA Today.
Gomes will also be required to pay back the stolen funds in addition to his jail sentence of three times supervised release.
