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Edwin Mejia, 31, of Yonkers, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of public funds, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, and one count of aggravated identity theft, which carries a mandatory consecutive sentence of two years in prison.
As part of his plea, Mejia also agreed to pay $442,642.58 in forfeiture, the U.S. Attorney announced. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Engelmayer on March 12, 2015, at 2:15 p.m.
Mejia, who was was arrested in March, worked at branches of a bank in Yonkers and Manhattan. He initially was a banker and later became the branch manager of multiple branches. From about 2010 through 2013, Mejia participated in a scheme to obtain and cash tax refund checks issued by the United States Treasury, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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