Former bank teller charged with federal fraud after using customer information to transfer $930,000 to crypto accounts

According to CBS Atlanta, Mercedes Henry, a 35-year-old woman from Stone Mountain, Georgia, who formerly worked as a bank teller at Ameris Bank, is charged with, between September and November 2021, without authorization, linking six customers' bank accounts to the cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase and, in collusion with others, transferring approximately $931,000 into a Coinbase account controlled by her. A federal grand jury has brought multiple charges against her, including bank fraud, access device fraud, and bribery. Henry was arrested on September 25 and appeared in court, and the case continues to be actively investigated by the FBI.