Dan Rodricks: How could 2 banks miss the theft of $175,000 from a senior’s checking account?

I can’t imagine being employed as a bank teller and accepting check No. 6602, for $175,000, drawn on the PNC Bank account of a Maryland woman named Myrle Bratcher and made out to a Chinese technology company.

I can’t imagine that any teller presented with this check in a JPMorgan Chase branch in New York City on or about March 2, 2021, would process it without first asking a manager if the check looked legit.

And I can’t imagine any sensible manager finding that it did.