Former Bank Manager Pleads Guilty To Fraud
- {Beckley, West Virginia}...Forty-six year old John R. Garris of Beckley faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine after pleading guilty to bank fraud. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says, between January 2008 and February 2011, Garris stole more than $90,000 from First Citizens Bank in Lewisburg, where he worked as a financial services manager. Goodwin says Garris used the names of bank customers to create fictitious loans, and he used customers' existing loans to obtain advances. Sentencing is set for June 4th.
