BOSTON A teller at Metro West CU was arrested and charged with participating in a scheme to steal more than $210,000 in tax refund checks that had been fraudulently obtained by filing false tax returns with the IRS.
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Robert Montero, 30, between November 2011 and February 2012 worked as a teller at the credit union’s Lawrence branch where, for a fee, he allegedly assisted Wilson Santana, 36, in negotiating the tax refund checks, according to a federal indictment.
Santana is charged with possessing fraudulently obtained U.S. Treasury checks containing U.S. Treasury tax refunds with intent to convert the tax refunds for his own use.
