A former bank manager has confessed to embezzling funds from a customer’s accounts in a long-running scheme that even continued after the victim’s death.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, James Gomes, 43 years old, has pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud that affected a financial institution.

Gomes, who was employed as a branch manager for an undisclosed international bank, devised a plan to divert hundreds of thousands of dollars from the victim. From January to April 2020, Gomes illicitly accessed the customer’s accounts on over twelve occasions. He went as far as creating an email address in the victim’s name and using it to register the customer’s accounts for the bank’s online banking services. Additionally, Gomes linked his personal mobile number to the victim’s online banking account.

Seizing complete control of the victim’s online banking profile, Gomes transferred a total of $208,939 from the customer’s accounts to his personal accounts at other banks and his personal investment account.

To cover up his fraudulent activities, Gomes used the fake email account to send messages to his official work account, giving the appearance that the victim was instructing the bank to make the transfers. Shockingly, Gomes continued his scheme even after the victim’s death on April 6th, 2020.

Gomes now faces a maximum prison sentence of 30 years and a fine of $1 million. His former employer suffered losses to reimburse the victim’s estate.

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