Category: bank fraud

Former Bank Manager Pleads Guilty to $1 Million Fraud in Yorba Linda

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former Bank of America Yorba Linda branch manager pleaded guilty Jan. 6 to stealing $1.2 million from the accounts of elderly customers. Lana Pothos, 59, of Anaheim pleaded guilty to a count of bank fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced July 10. Pothos and co-defendant Theron Fox, 49, of Tustin, who…


Reality TV Stars Todd and Julie Chrisley Handed Combined 19-Year Sentence for Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion

Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were handed a combined sentence of nearly 20 years behind bars by an Atlanta judge on Monday after they were convicted in June on federal charges including bank fraud and tax evasion. U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross dealt a sentence of 12 years in prison with three years of supervised…


Meng Wanzhou’s Legal Team Omits Critical Information in Extradition Case, Government Lawyer Says on Final Day of Hearing

A lawyer for Canada’s attorney general says Meng Wanzhou’s legal team is omitting important information in the extradition case against her and is instead presenting an “alternative narrative,” as the formal hearing for the case is set to wrap up today. Robert Frater told the British Columbia Supreme Court that Meng’s 2013 presentation to international bank HSBC…


US Charges Former Olympic Figure Skater in COVID-19 Small Business Fraud

NEW YORK—A former Slovenian figure skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics has been criminally charged in Manhattan with fraudulently raising $1.6 million meant to help small U.S. businesses cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged Luka Klasinc, 48, with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft related to his alleged use…