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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SANTA ANA, California<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"A former Orange County-based bank manager pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for stealing $1.2 million in savings from elderly customers, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lana Pothos used one of the victims\u2019 identities to open a bank account fraudulently, then impersonated the victim to transfer the stolen money to different bank accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pothos, 59, of Anaheim, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. , a crime that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to her plea agreement, during the summer of 2020, Pothos \u2013 who worked as a relationship manager at a Bank of America branch in Yorba Linda \u2013 and an accomplice worked together to steal the savings of approximately $1.2 million from two married senior citizen clients who shared an account with the bank.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In June 2020, Pothos used one victim\u2019s personal identifiable information to create an online banking profile for the victim without the victim\u2019s knowledge or permission. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"america,<\/a>Using Bank of America\u2019s internal computer system, Pothos then changed the victims\u2019 mailing address to a hair salon in Yorba Linda that Pothos frequented and also changed their telephone number to a phone number she used. <\/span><\/p>\n

Using that phone number, Pothos called the bank several times while impersonating one of the victims. <\/span><\/p>\n

In July 2020, Pothos\u2019 co-schemer opened a new bank account and email address in one victim\u2019s name.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\" On seven occasions from July 2020 to October 2020, approximately $1.2 million was transferred from the victims\u2019 bank account into the fraudulently opened account Pothos, and her accomplice controlled, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, it transferred again to an account used by the co-schemer at a different bank. <\/span><\/p>\n

The stolen money was then used for personal expenses, including $47,000 that was transferred to a Pothos-controlled entity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney scheduled a July 10 sentencing hearing in this case.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Theron Fox, 49, of Tustin, Pothos\u2019 alleged co-schemer, is charged with five counts of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. Fox is scheduled to go to trial on February 7. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/i><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The FBI investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles E. Pell of the Santa Ana Branch Office is prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n

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