Tag:

Bank

Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen County Bank Manager Steals $70K From Employer: Prosecutor Bergen County Bank Manager Steals $70K From Employer: Prosecutor
Bergen County Bank Manager Steals $70K From Employer: Prosecutor A Belleville woman has been charged with theft by deception after authorities say she stole over $70,000 from her Bergen County bank, including funds from a customer’s account. Amira T. White, 43, was arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 8, following a months-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Financial Crimes Unit, under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The investigation began in March 2024, when authorities were contacted about alleged thefts at a Bergen County bank. Prosecutors allege that White, a bank manager, stole $54,6…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Barnegat, NJ
News
'Still In Shock': Million-Dollar Powerball Winner From Barnegat Shares Story Of Victory 'Still In Shock': Million-Dollar Powerball Winner From Barnegat Shares Story Of Victory
'Still In Shock': Million-Dollar Powerball Winner From Barnegat Shares Story Of Victory A Barnegat woman was celebrating a huge win after playing Powerball. Stacey Fiore publicly came forward as the winner of $1 million from a ticket sold at Quick Stop inside the 7-Eleven on West Bay Avenue, the New Jersey Lottery said in a news release on Friday, Nov. 15. She chose Quick Pick numbers in the drawing on Saturday, Nov. 9. Lottery winners in the Garden State can choose to remain anonymous but Fiore said she wanted to share her story. "I like telling people," Fiore said. "I went to the bank and asked to speak to the manager. I said 'You know somebody won $1 million here in town? …

SHARE

by Chris Spiker
Lexington Park, MD
Police & Fire
Maryland Bank Left Temporarily Inoperative After Fire In Secured ATM Room Maryland Bank Left Temporarily Inoperative After Fire In Secured ATM Room
Maryland Bank Left Temporarily Inoperative After Fire In Secured ATM Room A Maryland bank was temporarily left inoperative on Thursday morning when a fire broke out in a secured room, leading to a tricky battle for first responders. In Wicomico County, crews from the Salisbury Fire Department were called to PNC Bank at around 5:15 a.m. on Oct. 10 after being alerted by a security alarm and customer about the fire, which started in a secured ATM room that contained IT equipment. Upon arrival, officials say that firefighters were met by smoke coming from building, and it took approximately a half hour to get the fire under control once they were able to get inside …

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Former Rochelle Park Real Estate Company Employee Siphoned $100K Into Bank Account, Police Say Former Rochelle Park Real Estate Company Employee Siphoned $100K Into Bank Account, Police Say
Former Rochelle Park Real Estate Company Employee Siphoned $100K Into Bank Account, Police Say A 52-year-old Bergen County woman has been charged with theft after police said she siphoned nearly $100,000 from a business account to her personal bank account. Maria Vega, 52, of Leonia — a former employee of a Passaic Street realty company in Rochelle Park — was identified as a suspect after accounting representatives recognized a series of wire transfers to a personal checking account on Wednesday, Sept. 11, RPPD Capt. James DePreta said. Bank records and subpoenas showed Vega wired the funds to the same account in which she received legitimate direct deposit payments between March 202…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
Police FINALLY Remove Skimmer Redditors Warned About At PA Sheetz PNC ATM Police FINALLY Remove Skimmer Redditors Warned About At PA Sheetz PNC ATM
Police Finally Remove Skimmer Redditors Warned About At PA Sheetz PNC ATM A skimmer at Sheetz that Redditors warned people about three months ago was removed on Thursday, Sept. 12, police announced.   The skimmer was found on the PNC ATM at the Sheetz located at 1205 Lancaster Road in Manheim, police explained.  "If you used the ATM machine located inside the store over the past month, please review your bank transactions and report any fraudulent or suspicious activity to your bank and local police department," the police said.  Redditor users in the Lancaster subreddit have been posting about this since June.  The first post reads: "…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
York, PA
News
Tractor-Trailer Slams Into Bank In York County: Officials Tractor-Trailer Slams Into Bank In York County: Officials
Tractor-Trailer Slams Into Bank In York County: Officials A tractor-trailer crashed into a bank in York on Friday afternoon, July 26, authorities say.  The tractor-trailer struck the First National Bank on South Queen Street, PA Route 74 by the intersection of St. Charles Way just after the ramps for Interstate 83, according to the York County Department of Emergency Services. The call to 911 came in at 1:44 p.m. on Friday.  Daily Voice has reached out to officials for more details, so check back here for updates.  Do you have photos of the crash? Send them to us by emailing jpikora@dailyvoice.com.

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
CEO Of CrowdStrike Is NJ Billionaire George Kurtz Working To Remedy Microsoft Meltdown CEO Of CrowdStrike Is NJ Billionaire George Kurtz Working To Remedy Microsoft Meltdown
CEO Of CrowdStrike Is NJ Billionaire George Kurtz Working To Remedy Microsoft Meltdown Friday, July 19 is not a good day for George Kurtz. Kurtz is the CEO of CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that appears to be responsible for the global outage that disrupted flights, stock markets, media outlets, and banks. Kurtz, 59, is also a Parsippany-Troy Hills native and graduate of Seton Hall University who according to Forbes is worth about $3.1 billion. How has Kurtz spent his morning? Assuring the world that all will soon be right again after the issue with a Falcon content update for Windows Hosts that caused the global outage. Today was not a security or cyber incident. O…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Lottery Fraud: 'Good Samaritan' Scams Long Island Woman Out Of Jewelry, Cash, Police Say Lottery Fraud: 'Good Samaritan' Scams Long Island Woman Out Of Jewelry, Cash, Police Say
Lottery Fraud: 'Good Samaritan' Scams Long Island Woman Out Of Jewelry, Cash, Police Say Police are searching for a man who tricked a Long Island woman out of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and cash after using a good deed to gain her trust. It happened in Roosevelt on Tuesday, July 9, according to Nassau County Police. At around 3 p.m. that day, a 76-year-old woman was walking on Nassau Avenue near the intersection of Debevoise Avenue with her groceries. A man approached her and asked if she needed help carrying her groceries home. She happily obliged, police said. When they arrived at her home, the man explained that he had a winning lottery ticket in his possess…

SHARE

by Sophie Grieser
Greenburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Duo Caught At Train Station After Robbing Bank In Ardsley Duo Caught At Train Station After Robbing Bank In Ardsley
Duo Caught At Train Station After Robbing Bank In Ardsley A man and a woman were apprehended at a train station in connection with a robbery at a bank in Westchester, police announced.  The robbery happened on Thursday, June 20 just before 9:30 a.m., when the Chase Bank at 875 Saw Mill River Rd. (Route 9A) in Ardsley set off a hold-up alarm. After receiving a call from Chase Security, officers from the Village of Ardsley Police Department were at the scene in less than a minute, the department said. Responding officers confirmed that a robbery happened and got a description of the suspect, who was reported to be a Hispanic man with a firearm.…

SHARE

by Ben Crnic
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Bank Robber Makes Off With $2,100 In Schuylkill County: State Police Bank Robber Makes Off With $2,100 In Schuylkill County: State Police
Bank Robber Makes Off With $2,100 In Schuylkill County: State Police State troopers are investigating a bank robbery in McAdoo on Thursday, May 30.  Police said the suspect walked into the First National Bank, 25 N. Kennedy Drive, and passed the teller a note demanding money around 10:45 a.m. He made off with $2,100, fleeing on foot toward East 4th Street before heading south on North Cleveland Street, troopers said.  The suspect was a white man in his 30s with a black beard and a slender frame, according to investigators. Authorities said he wore a pink flannel/plaid jacket, sunglasses, and a gray or white baseball cap.  Anyone with in…

SHARE

by Mac Bullock
Yorktown, NY
Police & Fire
Suspects Steal Cash, Jewelry Using Sleight Hand Techniques In Yorktown: Police Suspects Steal Cash, Jewelry Using Sleight Hand Techniques In Yorktown: Police
Suspects Steal Cash, Jewelry Using Sleight Hand Techniques In Yorktown: Police Two patrons of a bank and supermarket in Northern Westchester became the victims of four scammers who used sleight-of-hand techniques to steal both cash and jewelry from them, police said.  Both incidents happened within a few days of each other in Yorktown, the town's police department announced on Wednesday, Aug. 23, in addition to releasing surveillance photos of the four suspects.  The first theft happened at an unnamed bank in Jefferson Valley when a senior citizen was approached by a woman wearing a baseball cap after withdrawing funds from the bank and getting in her vehicl…

SHARE

by Ben Crnic
Fairfax, VA
Police & Fire
Attempted Bank Robber, Purse Snatcher Apprehended In DC, Police Say Attempted Bank Robber, Purse Snatcher Apprehended In DC, Police Say
Attempted Bank Robber, Purse Snatcher Apprehended In DC, Police Say The Metropolitan Police Department has a suspect in custody after a morning of alleged failed criminal activity in downtown DC, police said. Mousen Adem Yisak, 35, was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 13, and charged with robbery after an attempted bank robbery and alleged purse snatching incident in the 1400 block of K Street in Northwest DC. Officials noted that Yisak has no fixed address. Shortly before 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning, police said that Yisak entered a bank on K Street and passed a note to a teller demanding cash, to which the employee did not comply. It is alleged that Yisak th…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
CT Man Wanted For Multiple Armed Robberies Apprehended CT Man Wanted For Multiple Armed Robberies Apprehended
CT Man Wanted For Multiple Armed Robberies Apprehended A Connecticut man has been arrested for an alleged armed robbery in the parking lot of a bank earlier this year. On Monday, March 1, at around 1 p.m., Milford police responded to an armed robbery in the parking lot of Sikorsky Federal Credit Union, 15 Turnpike Square. A woman and a juvenile were entering a vehicle after leaving the credit union when a dark SUV pulled up. A man got out of the car, stood in front of the woman, and told her to give him the purse or he would harm the juvenile, Milford Police said. The woman then put the juvenile in the vehicle and turned ba…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Paterson, NJ
News
Paterson Man Charged With Setting Fire Outside Bank Paterson Man Charged With Setting Fire Outside Bank
Paterson Man Charged With Setting Fire Outside Bank A Paterson man was charged with setting a garbage can fire in the vestibule of a Main Street bank. Reshawn Evans, 27, was charged with aggravated assault following his arrest Monday in connection with the April 26 Bank of America branch fire, authorities said. The fire did not affect any adjoining structures, and there were no injuries, they said. The charges followed an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Arson Unit and Paterson police and fire departments.

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Greenwich, CT
Police & Fire
Greenwich Woman Falsely Reported Stolen Credit Card, Police Say Greenwich Woman Falsely Reported Stolen Credit Card, Police Say
Greenwich Woman Falsely Reported Stolen Credit Card, Police Say A 58-year-old Greenwich woman was arrested after falsely telling police someone had stolen her debit card and taken $200. Robin Schildge-Repdai, 58, was arrested on Monday, Oct. 26, after reporting to police that her debit card had been stolen and a "large amount" of money had been taken from her account, said Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz.  An investigation into the incident found that the woman had a man drive her to the bank where she used the card to withdraw the $200, Slusarz said. The man later confirmed to police that he had driven the woman to the bank and she had withdraw…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes