A South Florida bank teller is facing felony charges in two separate cases after investigators accused him of taking money through altered money orders and cash removed from the branch where he worked.
Jonathan Escobar, 36, was arrested September 14 over activity at the First Horizon Bank at 5901 Miami Lakes Drive. He had worked as a teller at the branch since June 22, according to Local 10 News.
One case involves four Amscot money orders totaling $4,000 that deputies say were taken from a customer’s account. A separate investigation found a $7,657.80 shortage in Escobar’s cash drawer and $11,000 in transactions involving Western Union money orders with actual face values of only $10 each…