A Scranton, Pa. woman was indicted Tuesday on bank fraud andtheft charges for allegedly stealing more than $25,000 from the$196 million Tobyhanna Federal Credit Union in Scranton.
|Federal prosecutors charged that Farah Laurent used aTobyhanna-issued Visa card to make fictitious payments throughclosed or invalid account numbers from HSBC bank accounts.
|Laurent made telephone payments from the HSBC accounts knowingthat those payments afforded her additional time to use her Visacredit card before the credit union was able to detect the fraud, according to courtdocuments.
|Prosecutor said the fraud scheme occurred from May 1, 2010 toJuly 31, 2010.
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