Christine Fahmy, a former bank teller at J.P. Morgan Chase from Sciota, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for her role in the theft of over $60,000 from customer's.
According to press release issued by the FBI's Pennsylvania office:
Pfannenschmidt stated that Christine Fahmy, age 22, of Sciota, Pennsylvania, admitted to committing the offense in 2008 and early 2009. Fahmy admitted that when she was a teller at J.P. Morgan Chase and Company in Hackettstown, New Jersey, she accessed 12 customer account profiles and sold them to two individuals in Monroe County. As part of the scheme, Fahmy’s two confederates, Lavan Blair and Jonnell Gantt, used the customer profile information to have false identification documents made and used to access the accounts to obtain the money.
Blair and Gantt have already pleaded guilty to charges that include bank fraud and attempted bank fraud as aiders and abettors.
For her role, Fahmy faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Read the full press release
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