First Commonwealth Bank has lost over $56,000 after a customer allegedly wrote dozens of bad checks drawn on her husband’s accounts.
The transactions involved 24 checks that attempted to take $82,710 before the bank absorbed the shortfall, reports CBS News Pittsburgh.
Ngoc Phuongthi Le, 54, of Churchill is accused of using both personal and business accounts to issue the checks payable to herself.
She then deposited the items into her own account at the same bank and moved the funds out before the checks could clear, investigators say.
Authorities charged her with theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, access device fraud and 24 counts of issuing bad checks.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala noted that such scams happen frequently and urged individuals and businesses to monitor accounts closely.
He emphasizes the importance of reporting suspicious activity immediately to help law enforcement build cases effectively.
The incidents ran from December 22nd of 2025 through January 5th of 2026.
Bank officials have not commented publicly on changes to their fraud detection systems following the case.
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