Tamyra Frazier, Bank Fraud, Pennsylvania 2010

Bucks County Bank Teller Charged in $41,519.56 Fraud Scheme

A bank teller in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has been charged with a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that involved the use of fake identifications to steal from bank customers. Tamyra Frazier, 30, of Willow Grove, PA, was charged with conspiracy, bank fraud, and four counts of aggravated identity theft following a lengthy investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the FBI, and the Secret Service.

According to the indictment, Frazier, an employee of a Beneficial Bank branch, used her position to improperly access personal and bank account information of bank customers between December 1, 2010, and December 28, 2010. She allegedly provided that information to Co-Conspirator 1, who used it to create false photographic identifications in the victims' names using the picture of Timothy Garfield, charged separately.

Garfield then used the phony identifications to fraudulently acquire approximately $41,519.56 from Beneficial Bank using checks and withdrawal slips in the names of the bank customers.

If convicted, Frazier faces a maximum possible statutory sentence of 43 years in prison, two years of which is mandatory, a fine of up to $1 million, full restitution, and a $600 special assessment.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney K.T. Newton.

An indictment is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Tamyra Frazier, 30, of Willow Grove, PA, is a bank teller who has been charged with conspiracy, bank fraud, and four counts of aggravated identity theft. If convicted, she faces up to 43 years in prison and a $1 million fine. The case involves a $41,519.56 fraud scheme that was carried out between December 1, 2010, and December 28, 2010, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

The indictment alleges that Frazier, an employee of a Beneficial Bank branch, used her position to improperly access personal and bank account information of bank customers. She allegedly provided that information to Co-Conspirator 1, who used it to create false photographic identifications in the victims' names using the picture of Timothy Garfield, charged separately.

Garfield then used the phony identifications to fraudulently acquire approximately $41,519.56 from Beneficial Bank using checks and withdrawal slips in the names of the bank customers.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the FBI, and the Secret Service.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/bucks-county-bank-teller-charged-fraud-scheme