The Longmont Police and Denver Police are both investigating cases of bank fraud in which a woman successfully withdrew $100,000 from a Longmont victim’s bank account and $88,000 from a Denver victim’s account. Both police departments have released a photo of the same woman who made stops at Adams Bank and Trust in Longmont and UMB bank in Denver.
There have been at least two attempts in Longmont, including an unsuccessful attempt on July 2 in which the bank employee denied the withdrawal after recognizing the woman wasn’t the customer, despite having a fake ID.
Siân Murphy, the Denver victim, told CBS News that she first realized there was a problem when UMB Bank sent her a survey asking her about her visit to the bank on June 30. Murphy knew she didn’t visit the bank and had never visited that specific Denver branch. She later found out that the woman took out checks against her line of credit. Murphy said she never lost her ID or credit cards…