Bank Employee Allegedly Orchestrates $931,500 Fraud Scheme, Transferring Funds to Coinbase Accounts
A former Georgia banker was charged in Atlanta in connection with an alleged $931,500 scheme involving customer money and Coinbase-linked accounts. The case centers on Mercedes Henry, whom prosecutors say was a universal banker at Ameris Bank locations in the Atlanta area in 2021 and was arrested Friday after an indictment last week.
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Ameris Bank customers and Coinbase-linked accounts are the parts of the story that would be visible first to people in the bank’s orbit. The charging of Mercedes Henry adds a public fraud case around accounts tied to six customers and a stated total of $931,500, which is the immediate context for anyone following the bank or the customers named in the allegations.
In practice, the case describes a former bank employee and customer-account data being linked to Coinbase accounts controlled by alleged co-conspirators, while the indictment means the matter has already moved into court. What remains unchanged from the description is that the details are still allegations, not findings, and the documents identify Henry as a former universal banker at Ameris Bank locations in the Atlanta area in 2021.
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