Ex NYC Bank Teller Charged With Stealing $80,000 From Customers' Accounts

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - Authorities say a former Brooklyn bank teller is charged with siphoning $80,000 from customers' accounts to pay her family's bills.

District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said Tuesday that the case against Janese Ferguson was brought by his office's new cybercrimes unit.

The Queens resident was released without bail after her arraignment Monday night on charges of grand larceny, forgery and identity theft.

Prosecutors allege Ferguson made 58 unauthorized transactions from 13 Signature Bank accounts between December 2012 and last April.

Her attorney did not immediately respond to a message requesting comment.

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