spect in a fraudulent money scheme was at two of its branches for upwards of three hours before local authorities were told about the man.
      It was on Nov. 24 that police were notified a suspicious man visited First National Bank’s branch at 670 Boardman-Poland Rd. on Nov. 19 where he opened a savings and checking account depositing $20 into each account.
      According to a Boardman police report, the savings account then received a wire transfer of $67,000 on Nov. 22 from “an unknown source” that was deposited into the savings account the man opened.
      And on the same day Nov. 22, the man returned to the branch at 670 Boardman-Poland Rd. where he withdrew $5,000 from the savings account and then went to the First National branch at 6515 Tippecanoe Rd. and withdrew another $3,000 from the savings account, Ptl. Cam Bednar said.
      Police were notified of the suspicious activity on Nov. 24 about 1:30 p.m.
      That was some three hours or more after the man appeared at First National’s branch at 670 Boardman-Poland Rd. where Ptl. Bednar was told the man transfered $55,000 from the savings account he had opened for $20 on Nov. 19 into the checking account he had opened that same day.
      After the funds were transferred into the checking account, the man requested to “wire” the $55,000 to Empowered Advisory Inc, in Chicago, Ill.
      Officer Bednar said at this point a bank employee suspected the transaction could be fraudulent.
      When providing information for the transfer, police were told the man emailed First National Bank a photo of a North Carolina driver’s license.
      In wasn’t until 12:45 p.m. on Nov. 24 that the bank’s Physical Security Department notified local banking officials the information on the driver’s license was fake and the money in the man’s account was fraudulent, Officer Bednar said, noting about that time the suspect returned to the branch at 670 Boardman-Poland Rd. seeking to make a $25,000 withdrawal.
      According to Officer Bednar the man was denied the $25,000 withdrawal and he then withdrew $5,000 from the checking account.
      At 1:00 p.m. the man appeared at the Tippecanoe Rd, branch, and it wasn’t until 1:34 p.m. that Boardman police were told about the suspicious activity.
      By that time the man was given a cashier’s check for $50,000 and he then “abruptly” left the bank, Officer Bednar was told.
      And it wasn’t until Nov. 24 that Boardman police learned the same suspect was at a bank in northeastern Pennsylvania on Nov. 7 where he provided a fake Pennsylvania driver’s license.
     
      PICTURED: A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA at a First National Bank branch office in Boardman captured this man who is a suspect in a money scheme that netted some $60,000 in November. Police were told the man used an altered North Carolina driver’s license.