BOSTON — A 24-year-old Boston woman has pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with a scheme to defraud a Massachusetts bank.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, Trinity Antonetty, 24, of Boston, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick scheduled sentencing for Aug. 18, 2026.
According to prosecutors, between July and October 2024, Antonetty opened a business bank account and allowed Phalentz Vernot to deposit fraudulently obtained cashier’s checks into the account. Antonetty then used funds from one of those checks to purchase a cashier’s check payable to a shell company controlled by Vernot. When the bank froze another check Vernot deposited into Antonetty’s account on suspicion of fraud, Antonetty called the bank and falsely claimed she operated a high-end car dealership and that the funds were related to a luxury vehicle…