Arkansas Bank Employee Allegedly Stole Nearly $250k From Customers' Accounts: 'I Knew They Wouldn't Need the Money'

Heather Pankey, a former employee at First National Bank of Commerce in Pocahontas, Arkansas, was arrested after allegedly stealing nearly $250,000 from multiple customer accounts. Randolph County Sheriff

An Arkansas bank employee was arrested after allegedly stealing nearly $250,000 from multiple customer accounts, claiming in a written statement that she took the money from people she believed "wouldn't need it."

The investigation into Heather Pankey, a former employee at First National Bank of Commerce in Pocahontas, Arkansas, began after a suspicious transaction on a deceased customer's account failed to post, KAIT8 reported.