A former Citi Bank employee deployed a multimillion-dollar scheme to drain the accounts of customers and flee the country. According to new court filings, FloridaA former Citi Bank employee deployed a multimillion-dollar scheme to drain the accounts of customers and flee the country. According to new court filings, Florida

Citi Banker Powers $1,300,000 Scheme To Drain Customer Accounts, Books One-Way Ticket out of the Country

2026/03/08 04:02
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A former Citi Bank employee deployed a multimillion-dollar scheme to drain the accounts of customers and flee the country.

According to new court filings, Florida resident and Citi personal banker Ana Dalila Vega and her co-conspirators used her position to make fraudulent wire transfers from customer accounts to shell companies.

Vega, who worked for the bank between October 2017 and January 2024, met a man in her apartment complex in 2023 who recruited her to help with banking scams.

Vega helped him by unblocking specific accounts, granting the ability to transfer money between them, and falsely adding authorized signers to them.

The documents reveal that in voluntary interviews with investigators, Vega admitted to her role in the $1.3 million scheme.

“Vega acknowledged that she knew the individual co-conspirator 1 sent to the bank to meet with Vega did not have legal access to the accounts and that the money in those accounts did not belong to those individuals. Vega further admitted she knew co-conspirator 1 was committing fraud and she knew what she was doing was illegal.”

In January, Vega booked a one-way ticket to Nicaragua that was departing in February.

When authorities discovered this, she was arrested.

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