Crime & Safety
Man Sentenced in Federal Court for Stealing From Bank Customers in Apple Valley, Minnesota
The Texas man admitted to diverting $29,000 from Anchor Bank through Automated Clearing House transactions, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A Houston, TX, man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for stealing money from Anchor Bank customer accounts in Minnesota, including from at least one Apple Valley customer, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Henry Joseph Williams, 46, was sentenced to 14 months in prison on one count of wire fraud, the release says. He was indicted on July 19 last year, and pleaded guilty on Oct. 20.
From May 2010 to November of 2010, Williams misled the bank into paying off $29,000 of his personal debts using Automated Clearing House transactions, the release says. An ACH transaction "deducts funds from one account and electronically sends those funds to another account in the form of a bank check," according to the release.
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Williams also accessed the personal information of an Apple Valley customer, and with that information led the bank into making unauthorized transfers to Williams’ line of credit with Macy’s, according to the release.
The Minnesota Cyber Crimes Task Force, which is sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Secret Service, investigated the case.
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