Former First Tennessee Teller At Cleveland Branch Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud

  • Friday, August 19, 2016

A former teller at First Tennessee Bank of Cleveland has pleaded guilty to bank fraud.

Sarah Leamon appeared before Federal Judge Curtis Collier.

Ms. Leamon, who is free on bond, will be sentenced on Feb. 22.

Prosecutors said the teller at the 25th Street branch would withdraw money from customers' accounts and deposit the money into her own account.

When she was confronted, she admitted debiting the accounts of two customers between April and June 2014 and converting the money to her own use, it was stated.

She is represented by attorney Jim Logan of Cleveland.


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