Commonwealth v. Perez

“[WJhere’s Phyllis?” A bank teller posed that question to the defendant who was seeking to withdraw $300 from the checking account of an absent bank customer. The defendant, who worked as a customer service representative at the bank, had presented a withdrawal slip purportedly signed by Phyllis Wall, an elderly customer who relied on a walker and was well known to the employees at that particular branch. In response to the question, the defendant stated that Wall had signed the with drawal slip earlier that day and that she planned to give the money to Wall later. The teller gave the…