An Atlantic County couple have been arrested for obtaining the personal information of 42 local Wells Fargo customers and using it to make more than $20,000 in transactions.
Kyesha Muhammad used her position as a banker at the Galloway Township branch to get the information, acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Diane Ruberton said.
She then gave the information to Larry Gilliam Jr. and used it to make fraudulent credit card transactions.
Gilliam, 38, of Galloway Township, heard the charges against him before Judge Henry Warner in Central Judicial Processing Court this afternoon.
At that time, he gave his address as the Mays Landing one listed for Muhammad, 33.
The investigation by the Prosecutor's Office Financial Crimes Unit was assisted by Wells Fargo's Corporate Investigation Department and the management at the Route 30 Pomona branch.
Muhammad was arrested at her home Aug. 23. She has since been released on $100,000 cash bail.
Gilliam was found in another state this week in an unrelated matter, and extradited back to Atlantic County, Ruberton said. She did not indicate what state he was found in.
He is being held on $100,000 cash bail.
Detective Aliya Simnor of the Financial Crimes Unit led the investigation under the supervision of Sgt. Lynne Dougherty.
Anyone with information about a crime is asked to call the Prosecutor's Office at 609-909-7800 or Crimes Stoppers at 609-652-1234. Information may also be texted anonymously to tipcop at 274637.
