PORTLAND, Maine — A former TD Bank employee who investigators say credited her account with nearly $1.7 million, then, withdrew more than $14,000 made her first court appearance Thursday in U.S. District Court.
Tasha M. Hilts, 28, of Auburn is charged with bank theft.
She was arrested Wednesday by U.S. marshals.
Hilts was released Thursday on $5,000 unsecured bond.
Her next court date has not been set.
Hilts used the money to shop for furnishings for a new apartment and new clothing, according to the complaint.
Hilts was hired in January 2009 to work in its Auburn call center, the complaint said. Between Aug. 13 and Sept. 2, 2010, Hilts allegedly posted $1,670,550 of provisional credit to her TD Bank checking account and $9,505 to her TD Bank savings account.
“Provisional credit is a temporary credit which may be applied to a customer’s account in situations in which a transaction is being disputed,” the complaint said. “Upon completion of the research, a provisional credit may be removed or made permanent, depending upon the outcome of the investigation. Unless research justified their retention, provisional credits are dropped from each account at the end of each day.”
The bank calculated its loss at $14,535, according to the complaint.
If convicted, Hilts faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. She also could be ordered to pay restitution.
That was one hell of a shopping spree.
I’d say so! I would have at least picked up some cupcakes at Frank’s Bakery and bought myself a puuurdy new lawyer……
14 THOUSAND worth of furniture and clothes — where’d she shop, Beverly Hills? Dang, I could get a new used car, a couple of La-Z-Boy recliners, a plasma TV and still have money left. Probably ain’t nice to mention it, but that rarely stops me — I wish there was a picture. Enough said…
Maybe she can impress her cellmates with her new furnishings.
Clothes and shoes are expensive know a days. The Feds and State do it to us week every week when we pay our taxes. But they never get caught.
I must of missed something. When was he convicted of that?
Yes, you did miss that, the company he owned and ran was convicted of overcharging the state a couple million, True Pharmacy, look it up.
No, of course not. Party officials are NEVER held accountable for their crimes. Jon Corzine stole $1.6 BILLION and is STILL walking around free. Dov Zakheim and Don Rumsfeld ‘disappeared’ $ 2.3 TRILLION over at DOD and they’re still walking around as free men.
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The bank teller gets sent to jail, the Legislator gets another chance to steal more.
If you’re going to do that, why not do small amounts here and there? Dumping $1.7 million in, someone will DEFINITELY notice that.
Sounds like after the provincial credit expired at the end of the day, Whatever interest accrued was left in her account.
How did she think she was going to get away with this? send the money to your own account? that’s like stealing a car and driving to your house!
I wonder if this has anything to do with the personal information data that TD announced they “lost” and “forgot” to tell us about for 6 months….
From Sun Journal September 9, 2011: Tasha M. Hilts, 27, Auburn, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer on Jan. 5, found guilty, fined $100.
Just another “mistake” I guess.
She’s the embezzler of the week. It astounds me how people just think they’re so darned clever when they create their schemes. They assume there is only one smart person on the planet and they’re it. Guess again. I’m sure next week another one of these people will be found out and earn the title of “embezzler of the week”. It’s time the courts start giving long sentences to discourage these people.
Here we go again…..”It was a mistake, I didnt mean to do it Judge”…..as we quietly here the slap on her hand….