VIENNA MAN INDICTED ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on April 22, 2009, SCOTT ANTHONY DUANE HARRIS, age, 30 of Vienna, Illinois, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St Louis, Illinois, in a one count indictment charging him with Theft, Embezzlement, and Misapplication of Money by a Bank Employee. The violation is alleged to have taken place between in or about October 2007 and April 8, 2008 at branch locations of Regions Bank, located in Goreville and Carbondale, in Johnson and Jackson counties, in the Southern District of Illinois, and involved approximately $64,139.56 of the moneys, funds, and assets intrusted to the custody and care of Regions Bank.

An indictment is a formal charge against a defendant. Under the law, a defendant is presumed to be innocent of a charge until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to the satisfaction of a jury.

HARRIS made his initial appearance in United States District Court on the charge on May 7, 2009. The trial is currently schedule for July 13, 2009. This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Michael C. Carr for prosecution.