Crime & Safety
Ex-Banker Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Over $300K From Seniors
She was charged with transferring money from the bank accounts of three 90-year-old customers and into her own.
DOWNERS GROVE, IL — A Summit woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of stealing over $328,000 from senior citizens who were customers of a Downers Grove bank where she formerly worked. By pleading guilty to theft, Christine Lange, 48, was able to get her other charges — which included financial exploitation of the elderly and financial institution fraud — dropped, Daily Herald reports.
Police put out a warrant for Lange's arrest on March 2017 in connection with charges that she transferred money from the accounts of at least three customers into her personal bank account while working at Trust Company of Illinois. According to DuPage County State's Attorney's Office, Lange did roughly 84 illegal transfers of this sort between 2012 and 2017, all targeting customers who were at least 90 years old.
Lange, who is currently out on bond, is set to appear in court again on October 1 for a sentencing hearing.
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