Crime & Safety

Montclair Banker Charged with Swindling $2 Million from Customers

Linda Sue Foss, a former Montclair branch bank manager and head of the Montclair Village Association merchants' group, is accused of swindling large sums from five elderly bank customers.

Linda Sue Foss, president of the Montclair Village Association and former branch manager of the U.S. Bank branch at 1998 Mountain Boulevard in Montclair, has been charged with felony grand theft, money laundering and elder financial abuse, according to an article in the Oakland Tribune.

Foss, 62, is suspected of stealing nearly $2 million from five of the bank branch's elderly customers over a two-year period, the Tribune reports.

Court records show that Foss was arrested on May 10 and formally charged with the crimes on May 13, the article says.

You may read the complete Oakland Tribune article here.


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