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Johnstown Bank Manager Sentenced to Prison for Stealing from Customer Accounts

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 20 months in prison, three years’ supervised release and ordered to pay restitution to First National Bank in the amount of $270,434.70, on her conviction of misapplication of funds by a bank employee, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.

United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson imposed the sentence on Anna Wilson, 35, of Johnstown, Pa.

According to information presented to the court, from Nov. 15, 2015, to Aug. 15, 2016, Wilson, while employed as a branch manager at First National Bank in Johnstown, Pa, removed approximately $270,434.70 from customers’ accounts and thereafter converted those funds to her personal use.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Valkovci, Jr. prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

Ms. Song commended the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, for the investigation that led to the successful prosecution of Wilson.

Updated October 3, 2017

Topic
Financial Fraud