Lladira Hernandez driver license photo via U.S. Attorney's office

A Fresno bank employee was arrested last week, accused of stealing more than $70,000 from multiple customer accounts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.  

Lladira Hernandez, 23, of Fresno was hired as a customer service representative for the unnamed bank in April, according to court documents. She’s accused of stealing account information from customers she helped over the phone and using it to pay bills for herself and people she knew, including mortgage payments, car payments and phone bills.

In May, Hernandez is accused of assisting one customer victim and later taking $7,000 from the victim’s account for bills. The victim died the day after being assisted by Hernandez, according to court records, with the victim’s next of kin filing a fraud report with the bank and getting the money back.

In August, Hernandez is accused of transferring more than $45,000 from two customers’ accounts into her own account and abruptly quit her job at the bank. She proceeded to withdraw that money from her account and was captured doing so on surveillance video, according to court documents.

An FBI investigator earlier this month discovered Hernandez had found a new job at a Fresno credit union on Aug. 30, and that she was still employed there when the criminal complaint was filed Nov. 15.

If convicted, Hernandez faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.