| Daily Journal Staff Report |
August 27, 2010
A former Redwood City bank teller prosecutors say stole $33,000 from the account of a teenage girl whose deceased mother left her the money and $40,000 from her own elder aunt faces a year in jail for grand theft and fiscal elder abuse.
Arcelia Barajas Aguilar, 28, stole her mother’s Social Security number to obtain a teller job with the San Mateo Credit Union in Redwood City, according to prosecutors.
On June 2, 2009, she reportedly transferred $33,000 to her personal account from that of a 16-year-old girl whose mother left her the money. On July 3, she allegedly transferred $40,000 from her 74-year-old aunt’s account into her own.
The fraudulent transfers were discovered during a bank audit.
Aguilar spent all but $5,000 of the money, apparently on credit card debt, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
After Aguilar pleaded no contest to felony grand theft and felony elder fiscal abuse, Judge Lisa Novak said how much restitution she can pay by sentencing will be a factor in the term imposed.
SOURCE: SMDAILY JOURNAL
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