(FOX 2) – Kelli Bryant, who was taken into custody more than a year ago after her children were found living by themselves in squalor in a Pontiac apartment, is scheduled to be sentenced for a separate case on Thursday.
Bryant pleaded no contest to three counts of welfare fraud in December. She was charged shortly after her arrest on counts of child abuse.
Her sentencing is scheduled for early afternoon on Thursday.
The backstory:
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office took Bryant into custody after deputies were called to the residence to perform a welfare check.
The landlord told police he had not heard from her in months and was worried something had happened. When police arrived, they found a home full of garbage, along with mold and human waste.
Inside was a 15-year-old boy and two girls, 12 and 13. The boy told police they had been living at the home for years and rarely left…
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