In the sweltering heat of a Washington D.C. summer, a 25-year-old bank teller’s world came crashing down. George Willard Bennett, a rising star at the Farmers and Mechanics Bank in Georgetown, was arrested at 3 a.m. on July 12, 1929, and charged with embezzlement. The young man’s downfall was a spectacular one, with a staggering $104,000 in defalcations uncovered over a period of four years.
Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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