BRENHAM WOMAN ADMITS TO STEALING MONEY FROM BANK

  

A Brenham woman has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the employer—a local bank.

33-year-old Natasha Hudgeons has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $63,000 from a Wells Fargo Bank over the course of five years.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Hudgeons entered a plea on Thursday.  Officials said from December 2014 to March 2019, she allegedly stole $63,500 while working as a teller.  Hudgeons admitted that she took the money increments of $500 to $1,000.

Officials said she concealed the theft by putting falsified entries into the bank’s books and records and “selling” back and forth between the cashbox and coin machine cash lines. Both were considered single-control cash lines, meaning tellers could conduct transactions without a second person.

Sentencing is set for Jan. 9. She faces up to 30 years in federal prison and a fine up to $1 million.

She is on bond pending sentencing.