Former Dothan banker gets probation for bank theft
A federal judge sentenced a former Dothan banker to serve three years of probation, including one year of home confinement, for the theft of at least $55,000 from a Regions bank branch.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Monica Stump said U.S. Judge Harold Albritton sentenced Dana R. Dyer, 35, on Tuesday to serve the probation term. While on home detention she will be supervised through an electronic monitoring system. Stump said the judge also ordered Dyer to do 100 hours of community service after completing her one year of home confinement.
Stump said Dyer pleaded guilty to bank larceny.
“We charged her with using it for personal use,” Stump said.
Dyer pleaded guilty to taking between $55,000 and $68,000. The theft reportedly started at an unknown date and lasted until Dec. 27, 2007, while Dyer worked as the bank manager at the Regions Bank branch located at 4203 Ross Clark Circle.
Stump said while the prosecution respects the court’s decision, they asked for a sentence of imprisonment within the federal guidelines for the crime, which she said was 12 to 18 months in prison.
Attorney William White was been retained to represent Dyer, but he could not be reached for comment.
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Shame on him, sometimes it’s really proper to not give a 100% of your trust to employees. Since the world is getting more and more connected, more information is shared worldwide, which led the parasites among us to commit more identity theft. Identity theft commonly involved credit cards, and since they aren’t anonymous by design, it’s hard to have the security that cash offers. But what if you could? A recent proposal was put forth by Columbia University graduate students, where banks might use all the funds they’d devote to credit cards, they’d anonymously pay businesses with E-Cash (what they called it) and consumers would simply be billed for their purchases, with interest of course. This may not stop people from needing payday loans to pay off credit cards charges, but it might stem identity theft.
She should still be put in jail, are you kidding me, she stole a ridiculous amount of money from a bank she worked at, as the manager no less..she knew exactly what she was doing, and she pleads guilty and gets a slap on the wrist, yeah right. She lucked up getting probation, had it have been anyone else they would have thrown the book at them.
Why should they put this woman in jail. Look at all the drug dealers, robbers and child molesters they let walk the streets.
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