Former bank teller supervisor Amanda Carey, age 28, of New Castle, Del., pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling more than $150,000 from a PNC Bank vault in Greenville, Del.
Carey, who will be sentenced on February 3, 2016, by the U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews. She faces a maximum sentence of 30 years imprisonment, a $1 million fine, and five years of supervised release following her prison sentence.
According to statements made at the plea hearing and documents filed in court, Carey took about $150,000 from PNC Bank over the course several months this year. She was employed as a teller supervisor at the bank, beginning in January 2015. On June 19, Carey did not report to work as scheduled. An audit of the bank’s vaults was conducted, and the bank learned that over $150,000 of cash was missing.
An arrest warrant was issued for Carey on July 10 and she was arrested in Emporia, Virginia on July 28.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant United States attorneys Lauren Paxton and Elizabeth L. Van Pelt, with the cooperation and assistance of PNC Bank Investigative Services Group.
