Man Wanted In Connection With Lower Moreland Bank Fraud Turns Himself In To Police

LOWER MORELAND, PA — A man who was wanted in connection with a bank fraud at a Lower Moreland TD Bank branch has turned himself in to local authorities.

Christian Giles, 27, of Queens, New York, surrendered to Lower Moreland Township police on Tuesday to face charges that he was involved with a fraud that also included a former TD Bank teller and a third co-conspirator.

Patch previously reported on the case here.

Giles was arraigned after turning himself in Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge Jay S. Friedenberg, according to court records.

He faces a host of felony charges including forgery, receiving stolen property, identity theft and criminal use of a communications facility. He also faces a misdemeanor count of possessing an instrument of crime.

Lower Moreland police last month arrested Patrice Singh, a former TD Bank teller manager, for her alleged involvement in two incidents of bank fraud.

Police say that Singh, who is no longer employed with TD Bank, provided a customer's bank account information to Giles and another individual, Justin Varvaro of Connecticut, both of whom successfully committed unauthorized withdraws from a victim's account in an amount just over $17,000.

Singh and Varvaro were both previously arrested but Giles had not yet been picked up by police.

Lower Moreland police say an active warrant had been issued for Giles back in December and he finally turned himself in this week.

Giles has a preliminary hearing scheduled for March 8.