Monday, March 8, 2010
Bank Flags Suspicious Funds Transfer
Officials with a local trucking company were notified last week when an unidentified person attempted to transfer nearly $100,000 out of their bank account.
An official with Sharp Transport, 3935 Highway 43 North, Ethridge, reported the crime on Thursday of last week to deputies with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department. She reported she had been contacted by officials with Bank of America regarding a suspicious transaction.
Bank officials indicated someone had made a transfer of $98,815.07 through an online banking transaction, from the Sharp Transport account. The funds, they reported, were transferred into an account that bore two names; one being that of one of the owners, the second “was not give out to them at that time.”
Bank officials reported when the individual responsible had attempted to transfer the funds from the business account, into a personal account, it was automatically “red flagged.” Bank officials then contacted company officials before completing the transaction.
Investigation into the matter is continuing at the current time.
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