Bank employee, accomplice accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from customers

MILWAUKEE -- It was an easy con job involving a bank employee and an accomplice. In the end, they stole tens of thousands of dollars.

"She used her position as a supervisor to fraudulently access customer credit card accounts," Ryan Amstone, U.S. postal inspector said.

Carrie Przywarty

Carrie Przywarty was a bank employee with access to people's personal information. She was involved with Chaldine Point Du Jour.

The couple manipulated the system to steal from customers.

"She would write down the account numbers, names and other identifying information about the account and gave the information to Mr. Du Jour whom she was having a romantic relationship with," Amstone said.

The duo targeted bank customers with a specific profile.

Chaldine Point Du Jour

"Credit cards with high limits, so her accomplices could basically get as much on each card at one time and then discard the credit card," Amstone said.

Du Jour would take the information and immediately start buying goods.

"To purchase gift cards, merchandise, stamps, computers, perfume, cologne with the compromised account information," Amstone said.

In fact, Du Jour bought 80 rolls of stamps worth $3,500. He admitted he was going to sell them half-price to consumers.

"Postal service will never sell stamps at half-price. So if anyone offers you a deal that is too good to be true, it probably is," Amstone said.

In all, 30 accounts were compromised with $24,000 in losses.

Postal inspectors got involved after the bank started seeing similar customer complaints.

To avoid becoming a victim, it is best to check our credit card or bank statements once a month at least if you get them mailed to you, and once a week if you do your banking online.