Teller supervisor gets year in prison for embezzling $150,000

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US AttorneyAmanda Carey,  28, of New Castle,   was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison  and ordered to pay  full restitution after raiding the vault at a bank branch.

Carey pleaded guilty to committing bank embezzlement.

According to documents filed in court,  Carey had taken approximately $150,000 from PNC Bank over the course of several months last year.

According to statements made at the plea hearing, Carey was employed as a teller supervisor at the bank, beginning in January 2015.  On June 19, 2015, Carey did not report to work as scheduled.

An audit of the bank’s vaults was conducted, and the bank learned that the cash was missing.  An arrest warrant was issued, and she was arrested in Emporia, Virginia on July 28, 2015.

None of the money has been recovered, according to a release from the office of the U.S. Attorney for Delaware.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with the cooperation and assistance of PNC Bank Investigative Services Group.