A former employee at a commercial bank in the US only argued guilty of accepting bribes to open more than 100 bills fraudulently.
The office of the American attorney for the New Jersey district says that Jhonnatan Steven Rodriguez, 32, from Naples, Florida, has guilty of one counting of receipt of bribes by a bank employee and one counting of false banking input.
The crimes took place when Rodriguez worked for TD Bank. Each charge has a maximum fine of 30 years in prison and a fine of a maximum of $ 1 million.
“At the end of 2022, Rodriguez began to open bank accounts for unknown persons in exchange for bribes of approximately $ 200 to $ 250 per account. During the scheme, Rodriguez accepted bribes in exchange for fraudulating approximately 140 bank accounts, some of which were used for fraud.
When performing this bribery schedule, Rodriguez would often forge the signatures of the alleged customers on account opening documents. To protect his identity, Rodriguez used the alias ‘Jorge’ on an SMS app to communicate with the people looking for bank accounts. ”
According to public prosecutors, Rodriguez opened several accounts for different people.
“For example, a person sent Rodriguez 25 payments of a total of $ 6,335 in exchange for opening multiple TD bank accounts. Likewise, another person sent Rodriguez $ 1,050 in exchange for opening multiple TD bank accounts.”
Rodriguez is back in the Federal Court for conviction on 25 November.
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