A 24-year-old Seattle woman has been charged with eight counts of first-degree robbery and one count of attempted first-degree robbery after allegedly carrying out a yearlong series of increasingly brazen bank heists across the city, according to charging documents filed in King County Superior Court.
Prosecutors say Leena Chang targeted banks from Queen Anne to West Seattle between June 2024 and July 2025, using handwritten notes to threaten tellers and sometimes displaying what appeared to be a firearm.
Investigators allege she walked into the banks disguised as a customer, quietly passed threatening messages to employees demanding cash, and often escaped with thousands of dollars.
In at least one case, she reportedly showed a handgun hidden inside a bag. In others, she claimed to be armed…