A Miami man who used his position as an employee at an international financial institution to embezzle over $190,000 from a deceased customer’s accounts has pled guilty in the Southern District of Florida.
Billy Gedeon, 34, admitted the following: After learning that one of the bank’s regular customers had died, Gedeon went into the deceased customer’s accounts several times without authorization.
In 2023, Gedeon stole over $19ok from one of the accounts by forging the deceased customer’s signature on a bank form (which closed the account), withdrawing all the money, and depositing it into Gedeon’s personal account at another bank.
Senior U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno set Gedeon’s sentencing for June 10 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Gedeon faces a maximum penalty of up to 30 years in prison. Judge Moreno will consider the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors when arriving at a sentence.
U.S. Secret Service and FRB-OIG investigated the case.
