Chicago Sun-Times: Banker charged with stealing from elderly

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Banker charged with stealing from elderly
WHEATON | Allegedly took $100,000 to pay for jewelry, kids' orthodontics

April 11, 2009

BY DAN ROZEK Staff Reporter [e-mail]


A suburban banker befriended some of her elderly customers, then used the trust she had gained to steal more than $100,000 from their accounts, DuPage County authorities said Friday.

Amy R. Esposito used the money she stole from her customers to pay for everything from her children's orthodontic work to jewelry purchases to her own credit card bills, authorities contend.

The 41-year-old Wheaton resident targeted only west suburban Community Bank customers with whom she developed such a rapport that she knew they didn't regularly check their bank statements, prosecutors contended.

"They trusted her. She knew they trusted her," DuPage County prosecutor Helen Kapas-Erdman said Friday after Esposito was ordered jailed on $500,000 bail.

Esposito was indicted earlier on 30 counts of fraud, theft and money laundering for allegedly stealing from at least eight customers while she worked as a senior personal banker at Community Bank-Wheaton/Glen Ellyn.

Some of the customers she targeted were in their 80s and 90s, officials said. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1522233,CST-NWS-banker11.article

[vaberella]

1. Some people have no shame. n/t

[tularetom]

2. Charged? I thought it was in their job description.

[Uben]

3. Another fucking thief........

....lock her up for 50 yrs. We have to put a stop to this shit!

[acmavm]

4. What did the CEOs of Goldman Sachs, AIG, Citibank, etc., do with all

the money that they gave themselves out of the company coffers? What did they do with big chunks of bailout money 'GIVEN' to them out of public funds?

What's the difference except the amounts of money that have been stolen?

[HughBeaumont]

5. I thought this would be an Onion headline.

I mean . . . stealing from the elderly was part and parcel the M.O. that was the S&L crisis, after all. And every financial crisis since then.

[Jackpine Radical]

6. Well, after all, who was left?

She COULDN'T very well steal from the poor, because they have no money.

[Vidar]

7. Maybe Geithner needs an assistant.