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California banker stole $1M from customer with dementia

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California banker stole $1M from customer with dementia

TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — A former branch manager of a Southern California bank was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison for stealing $1 million from a customer with dementia, federal prosecutors said.

Marie Fulle, 38, pleaded guilty in September 2019 to two counts of bank fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

Fulle cultivated an “exclusive banking relationship” with the older man at the Comerica branch in Tustin, south of Los Angeles, according to prosecutors.

“Fulle then opened various bank accounts with the victim and used them to create a confusing web in which she could hide unauthorized transfers, and forged withdrawals with cashier’s checks,” the statement said.

She handled the victim’s banking transactions in private, away from cameras and other bank employees, prosecutors said.

Fulle spent the money on trips and luxury items, including jewelry, according to investigators.

She was ordered to pay $1.1 million in restitution.

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