U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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January 16, 2003 Evergreen Park Man Arrested on Bank and Wire Fraud Charges Thomas J. Kneir, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced today the arrest of BRIAN K. JOHNSON, age 37, of 8816 South Utica Avenue in Evergreen Park, Illinois. JOHNSON was arrested at his residence earlier today, without incident, by FBI Special Agents. JOHNSON was charged in a Federal Grand Jury indictment returned yesterday, with one count each of mail and wire fraud, both of which are felony offenses. According to the indictment, JOHNSON used his position as an employee of the New Century Bank in Chicago to obtain personal customer information. After leaving New Century Bank, it is alleged that JOHNSON used this customer information to attempt a wire transfer of funds from their accounts to an account maintained by JOHNSON at another Chicago area financial institution. JOHNSON appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney I. Schenkier in Chicago this afternoon and was ordered held without bond until his next scheduled court appearance on Tuesday, January 21st. If convicted of the offenses charged, Johnson faces a possible sentence of up to 10 years incarceration. The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. EDITOR's NOTE: A copy of the indictment filed against JOHNSON is available from the Chicago FBI Press Office at (312) 786-2645. |
