"Aneicia Ford was accused of stealing account information of 23 victims from a credit union that she was employed by from. The scheme started only weeks after Ford began her job. Ford worked a customer service agent for the credit union where she was allowed to work from home. She would gather customer information and develop an account takeover scheme. Ford would hand over the information to the people working on the scam with her."
"The group stole as much as $345,014 from victims' accounts by withdrawing up to $25,000 in cash or by ordering cashier's checks and money orders. Ford was sentenced to a little over two years in prison on May 20, 2025 U.S. District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead said during Ford's sentencing, "What you did was serious... Your employer trusted you with access to customers' more personal information.... Real people suffered real harm from the actions that you took.""
Aneicia Ford, a customer service agent working from home for a Tacoma credit union, stole account information of 23 victims shortly after starting her job. She collected customer information, developed an account takeover scheme, and handed data and fake IDs to co-conspirators. The group withdrew funds—sometimes up to $25,000 in cash—or obtained cashier's checks and money orders, stealing as much as $345,014 from victims' accounts. Ford was sentenced on May 20, 2025, to a little over two years in prison. U.S. District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead emphasized the seriousness and real harm caused by her actions.
Read at KIRO 7 News Seattle
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