A months-long investigation has led to the arrest of a Miami-Dade County employee accused of improperly issuing driver’s license documents and misusing public systems.
Authorities say Waldersee Oge, who had been transferred from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to the Miami-Dade County Tax Collector’s Office, was taken into custody on April 2 following a joint investigation involving the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office and federal partners.
According to the arrest affidavit, the case involves alleged official misconduct, unlawful use of public systems, and transactions completed without required in-person verification.
Officials say the activity was first flagged through internal monitoring and compliance processes, prompting a referral to law enforcement.
“We identified illegal activity… and coordinated closely with law enforcement,” Tax Collector Dariel…
THE TD BANK INSIDER “BRIBE-FOR-DATA” SCHEME (USA)
Date: February 17, 2026 Perpetrator: Edward Low (Former Bank Employee)
Case Description: In a high-profile case of “Insider Threat,” Edward Low, a former employee of TD Bank in New York, pleaded guilty in a New Jersey federal court to accepting bribes in exchange for confidential customer data. Between 2021 and 2022, Low leveraged his internal access to harvest the personal details of high-balance account holders. He then sold this “hot data” to external fraud syndicates for as little as $26,700 in personal kickbacks.
The external fraudsters used the information Low provided to conduct “Account Takeovers” (ATO), creating fraudulent checks and falsifying bank records to drain over $500,000 from unsuspecting customers. Low even went as far as helping co-conspirators open shell company accounts at a second financial institution where he was later employed. He now faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. This case has sent shockwaves through the global banking sector, highlighting that even the most robust external firewalls cannot protect against a “rogue insider” with administrative credentials.
Link to Original: US Dept of Justice – TD Bank Insider Plea