Jury selection dragged into Monday evening in federal court for the blockbuster trial of two New Orleans personal injury attorneys and another defendant indicted in a massive scheme to stage vehicle crashes into big rig trucks over years.
Inside a packed courtroom, U.S. District Judge Wendy Vitter waded through about 100 prospective jurors, vetting hardship claims and others who flagged personal ties to people involved in the case.
Behind closed doors, she questioned some prospective jurors individually who’d indicated they’d heard or read about the high-profile case.
Wendy Vitter has been nominated by President Donald Trump for a federal judgeship in New Orleans. (Photo by Harry Hamburg, The Associated Press)
But the “voir dire” process of questioning people about their views to arrive at a panel of 12 hadn’t progressed to seating any…
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