A former New York bank teller has been sentenced to three years in prison for her role in a scheme to steal tens of thousands of dollars from customers.
Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel says Tijah M. Williams-Rogers used her position as a bank teller to act as an inside “scout,” searching customer accounts and stealing more than $75,000 from them.
After searching through financial records of the bank customers, Williams-Rogers shared the information with other schemers to steal the money from the accounts she identified as the targets.
Superior Court Judge Gavin Handwerker sentenced Williams-Rogers to three years in New Jersey State Prison after she pleaded to one count of second-degree theft. She must also pay $99,150 in restitution.
The wrongdoing was uncovered by an investigation led by Detective Grant Mayes of the UCPO Special Prosecutions Unit between 2022 and 2023, when Williams-Rogers was employed as a teller at an unnamed bank in Elizabeth.
Says Daniel,
“When individuals in positions of financial trust exploit the community for personal gain, they will be held fully accountable. The State remains committed not only to uncovering these organized theft rings, but to ensuring that the sentences reflecting the severity of these crimes are strictly enforced.”
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