If You Steal $88,000 From A Bank But DON'T Post It On Facebook, Does It Even Count?

CNN - A bank employee in Charlotte, North Carolina, allegedly stole $88,000 from the bank's vault, according to a release from the United States Attorney's Office Western District of North Carolina.

And he wasn't bashful about advertising to his social media followers the life of luxury he was funding.

The release said a criminal indictment was unsealed this week in federal court following the arrest of Arlando Henderson, 29, by the FBI in San Diego. The unsealed indictment alleges Henderson stole cash out of the vault in separate allotments on at least 18 different occasions this year.

Arlando Henderson wasn't about that broke life. He found a way to get money, stuck with it, and in his words (according to his Facebook, which was recently removed): "I make it look easy but this shyt really a PROCESS."

That process apparently involved taking customer's deposits OUT of the bank vault and INTO an ATM just down the street from his place of employment, the bank. Of course, that shyt wasn't that simple, as he mentioned. He also had to tell all sorts of lies in order for his co-workers to unknowingly cover up the fraud because, as we all know, it takes a village. And keeping those lies consistent and true, well that was not nothing. 

It was a process of patience and determination. 

But like most criminals, its results quickly stopped satisfying his needs. The process took too long, and frankly, it just wasn't enough for him. He wanted MORE! 

Sure, he had already stolen over $88,000 of straight cash. Yes, his social media was already a tribute to his wealth and status. Of course his followers already knew all about his designer duds and giant puddles of money he used as doormats.  

But if those shoes wouldn't even touch the ground, they certainly were not going to walk him from point a to point b! He needed a car, and not just any car (after all he had a reputation to uphold); he needed a Benz. 

On or about July 2019, after Henderson had allegedly stolen more than $70,000 in cash from the bank vault, Henderson made a $20,000 cash down payment on a 2019 Mercedes-Benz, and obtained a car loan for the remaining balance from another financial institution, by providing false information and falsified documents, including falsified bank statements. (Source: Department of Justice)

See, this is exactly what happens when people get greedy. He could have purchased an average, everyday car in cash. Hell, he probably could have leased a Benz for $20k cash, but no, he just HAD to own it. Henderson probably figured, "If robbing money from a bank was that easy, what's a little false information and falsified documents?!" 

Greedy, greedy, greedy.  

Sooner or later, the man always catches you. For Al Capone it was not paying taxes, and for Henderson, it was getting a loan. Who knows, maybe if it weren't for the Benz, he would still be out there stealing your deposit money. Instead he's looking at: 

Two counts of financial institution fraud, 19 counts of theft, embezzlement and misapplication, and twelve counts of making false entries, which carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine, per count; and transactional money laundering, which carries a penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

It's a shame really. Now who's going to create rap videos with sick $100 bill transitions???

I guess we'll all have to rely on his latest solid gold production to remind us of when times were good.