October 29, 2014

Former Harrisburg Bank Branch Manager Sentenced for Bank Larceny

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Sandra R. Powers, 57, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to one year and one day imprisonment by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for a bank larceny involving $125,815. Powers was ordered to surrender to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons by January 8, 2015 to commence serving her sentence.

According to U.S. Attorney Peter Smith, Powers was employed as a branch manager for Integrity Bank’s Allentown Boulevard and Colonial Road branches located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Powers previously pled guilty to stealing $125,815 from a customer’s account between May 2012 and March 2013. Powers was terminated by Integrity Bank in March 2013 and subsequently made full restitution to the bank.

The case was investigated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General, Office of Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the FBI and was prosecuted by Senior Litigation Counsel Bruce Brandler for prosecution.