TACOMA, Wash. — Within weeks of obtaining a ‘work-from-home’ job at a credit union, a Tacoma woman used her brief employment to steal account information of customers so that others could take over the accounts and steal funds, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Aneicia Ford, 32, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, Thursday. During the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead said, “What you did was serious Your employer trusted you with access to customers’ more personal information. Real people suffered real harm from the actions that you took.”
According to records filed in the case, between May and August 2022, Aneicia Ford worked out of her Tacoma home as a contact center employee who helped customers with account issues…