A Chicago man took more than $24,000 from the account of a Wilmette bank customer over a period of roughly a month, police said.
Richard E. Munoz, 38, of the 1000 block of West Granville Avenue in Chicago, was charged Wednesday with operating a continuing financial crime enterprise, police said.
According to police, the International Bank of Chicago, 1210 Central Ave. in Wilmette, contacted investigators on Aug. 18 and told them Munoz, a former bank employee, was fired on July 11, after an internal bank investigation showed that he stole $24,398.50 from one customer between June 8 and July 7.
Police said a bank official told them Munoz reportedly took the funds out of deposits he accepted from the customer. The bank official said Munoz was confronted about the thefts on July 11 and fired the same day, police said.
Police said that Munoz admitted to the thefts when he spoke to police investigators on Wednesday.
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