Former banker charged with stealing from customers

A DuPage County judge has set bail at $250,000 for a former Downers Grove banker accused of stealing more than $325,000 from three elderly customers.

Christina Lange, 47, of Summit was apprehended Saturday, authorities said - roughly four months after a warrant for her arrest was issued.

She's charged with four counts of theft, three counts of financial exploitation of the elderly, three counts of financial institution fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft.

Lange was employed as an account executive at Trust Company of Illinois in Downers Grove, authorities said, where she had access to customers' bank accounts.

Prosecutors allege that between September 2012 and June 2016, Lange transferred money from the accounts of three customers to her own personal accounts. They say she made at least 84 illegal transfers totaling $328,000.

The scheme came to light when TCI discovered the thefts as part of an internal audit, authorities said.

The victims all were in their early 90s.

Lange is scheduled to be arraigned on Aug. 21 in front of Judge Robert Miller.