A Blueprint for Brazen Theft In a display of the casual criminality that has become the calling card of modern banking, Denice James, a teller at First Federal Savings of Lorain in Cleveland, stands accused of orchestrating a months-long heist that netted her about $75,000 in stolen funds from eight unsuspecting customers. According to federal prosecutors, James didn’t need some sophisticated hacking toolkit—she relied on old-fashioned forgery, scribbling fake signatures on withdrawal slips and timing her thefts right before closing hours when the vault was empty of witnesses. This insider operation allegedly ran from July 25, 2023, through November 2, 2023. The blueprint was simple: falsify the paperwork, process the transactions as if nothing were amiss, and walk out with…
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