Gregory A. White, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that Gale M. Robison, was charged in an information with bank fraud resulting in a loss of approximately $236,525.73 to the Commercial & Savings Bank, Millersburg, Ohio.

Gale M. Robison, was employed as a vault teller at the main office of The Commercial & Savings Bank in Millersburg. Robison, age 42, resides at 115 Bucy Lane, Kilbuck, Ohio.

The information charges that from March 2001 through June 2006, on approximately 233 occasions, Robison executed a scheme to defraud the bank by preparing “cash out” tickets from her working teller area and fictitious “cash in” tickets to specific vault areas under her control, whereas in truth in fact she took the money, which included coin machine receipts and money from an off-site ATM machine, and used the funds for her own and family members’ benefit.

If convicted, the defendant’s sentence will be determined by the Court after review of factors unique to this case, including the defendant’s prior criminal record, if any, the defendant’s role in the offense and the characteristics of the violation. In all cases, the sentence will not exceed the statutory maximum, and in most cases, it will be less than the maximum.

The government’s case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Anne Johnson following an investigation by the Canton office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

An information is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.