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governor.swill@gmail.com wrote:

...Put the whore to work fucking blacks and hispanics to pay the money back.

A former Orange County bank manager admitted in federal court
Friday to stealing $1.2 million from an elderly couple by taking
over their bank account without their knowledge.

Lana Pothos, 59, during a hearing at the federal courthouse in
Santa Ana, accepted a plea deal requiring the Anaheim resident
admit to one count of bank fraud.

Pothos, while working as a relationship manager for a Bank of
America branch in Yorba Linda, stole the savings of two married
elderly customers from their shared account, according to her
plea agreement. The written agreement refers to the scheme as
“sophisticated,” and notes that part of the fraud relied on
Pothos’ access as a bank employee.

Using the couple’s personal information, prosecutors say Pothos
created a new online banking profile for them without their
knowledge.

Through the bank’s internal computer system, Pothos was able to
change their mailing address to a Yorba Linda hair salon she
frequented, prosecutors said, and their telephone number to one
she controlled. Pothos used that phone number to call the bank
and impersonate one of the victims.

An alleged co-schemer — identified by prosecutors as Theron Fox,
49, of Tustin — is accused of opening a new bank account and
setting up an email address under the name of one of the elderly
victims.

Between July and October 2020, a little more than $1.2 million
was moved out of the victim’s account and into the account
allegedly controlled by Pothos and Fox. The money was allegedly
moved again to another account used by Fox at another bank,
according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors say the money was used by Pothos and Fox for
personal expenses. That includes $47,000 that was transferred to
a “Pothos-controlled entity,” according to the Department of
Justice. What the money was used for was not specified in the
plea deal.

Pothos is scheduled to return to court for sentencing on July
10. According to the DOJ, she faces up to 30 years in prison.

Fox is still awaiting trial on multiple bank fraud and identity
theft charges.

<https://www.ocregister.com/2023/01/06/ex-oc-bank-manager-pleads- guilty-to-stealing-more-than-1-million-from-elderly-customers/>

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