Ex-bank worker indicted on charge of stealing $50,000 from customers

Connie M. Girtain of Pennsville worked at the Pennsville National Bank for nine years, officials said. The incident involved two customers.

SALEM -- A former bank employee has been indicted on a charge she stole money from two customers, according to court records.

Connie M. Girtain has been indicted on a charge of theft by deception. (Pennsville Police Department) 

Connie M. Girtain, 47, of Pennsville is alleged to have taken $50,000, officials said.

A Salem County grand jury indicted her on a single third-degree charge of theft by deception in connection with the incident which is alleged to have taken place while she worked at the Pennsville National Bank's home office.

According to the indictment, "on diverse dates between August 2015 and February 2016" Girtain obtained the money from two customers "by deception, that is, by creating or reinforcing the false impression that the victims' money was going to be deposited in their accounts, when it fact it was not ..."

Officials said Girtain had worked at the bank for nine years.

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She was a customer service representative at the time discrepancies were found in several of her transactions, authorities said.

Bank officials contacted police after making the discoveries.

She was terminated in Feburary.

Girtain was arrested on March 14 at her Pennsville home following an investigation by the Pennsville Police Department and Salem County Prosecutor's Office.

A bank official described the incident at the time of her arrest as "an isolated, unfortunate event."