An Ontario County woman convicted of stealing business funds for personal use has been sentenced to state prison.
Monique Barrette-Lewis was sentenced Thursday in Ontario County Court to 7½ to 15 years in the New York State Department of Corrections. Judge Frederick G. Reed imposed the sentence following Barrette-Lewis’ conviction by an Ontario County jury in March.
Jurors found the 44-year-old Barrette-Lewis, of Canandaigua, guilty of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, and Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree.
According to Ontario County District Attorney Jason MacBride, the charges stemmed from conduct that occurred between October 2023 and April 2024 in the Town of Victor. The jury determined that Barrette-Lewis engaged in a scheme to unlawfully take business funds and use them for personal expenses.
The case was prosecuted by First Assistant…
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