Tag: Bank Larceny
Jesse Kayembe, Bank Larceny, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brazen ATM heist in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, has left a bank reeling after a Houston man stole over $48,000 from a WesBanco ATM. Jesse Kayembe, 26, hooked a stolen truck to the ATM and ripped open the door, causing significant economic harm and disruption. According to investigators, Kayembe and an accomplice…
Richard DiStefano, Coin Fraud, Pennsylvania 2021
⏱ 2 min read Richard DiStefano, a 66-year-old attorney from Paoli, Pennsylvania, stole valuable coins from a safe deposit box at a Wells Fargo branch on South Broad Street in Chester County between July 2017 and February 2021. The heist, which went undetected for years, was finally uncovered in June 2024 when the FBI was…
Carlos Luis Vera La Cruz, ATM Jackpotting, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read Carlos Luis Vera La Cruz, a 45-year-old Miami man, pleaded guilty on March 20, 2026, to conspiracy, bank larceny, and accessing a protected computer in furtherance of fraud. Vera La Cruz and his co-conspirators engaged in an ATM ‘jackpotting’ scheme, where they stole money from ATMs at targeted banks and credit…
