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Ex-Texas Bank Teller Nabbed In $108K Theft

Posted: Feb 7, 2013 7:56 AM

SAN ANTONIO - A former bank teller has returned to Texas to face charges that he stole nearly $108,000 from the financial institution and fled the country.

The FBI arrested Pedro Godinez after he voluntarily returned to San Antonio on a flight from Mexico. Investigators say Godinez faces theft charges related to a Bank of America branch in Lakeway, near Austin.

The San Antonio Express-News reports Godinez disappeared from his job on Jan. 29, 2009.

Investigators say surveillance video shows Godinez walking into the vault and allegedly removing a cash packet that had $80,000 worth of $100 bills. Nearly $28,000 turned up missing from the defendant's cash drawer.

Godinez was arrested Tuesday at San Antonio International Airport. A judge Wednesday freed Godinez to the custody of his mother.

Godinez didn't immediately comment.

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