A Nashville banker is facing 10 criminal counts after police said he took more than $139,000 from two elderly customers’ accounts through counter withdrawals, ATM withdrawals, debit-card use, and Zelle transfers.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Karl Stephen Richardson was arrested after a four-month investigation into embezzlement allegations. Police said Bank of America, his former employer, filed the complaint that started the investigation on Feb. 6.
Richardson worked at Bank of America’s 4405 Harding Pike branch, according to police. After leaving Bank of America, he obtained employment at Simmons Bank in the Bellevue area, where police later arrested him…