A former bank teller has admitted stealing $278,000 while on the job, using some of it to gamble and travel.
Federal prosecutors say 40-year-old Daniel Caramazza, of Windsor, pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court.
Caramazza was the teller supervisor at the Webster Bank branch in West Hartford. Authorities say on Oct. 6, Caramazza entered the bank’s vault at least eight times and removed cash. He then reset the vault clock so it could not be reopened until four days later. Bank officers discovered the money missing on Oct. 10.
He surrendered to the Federal Bureau of Investigation two weeks later and handed over a duffel bag containing about $190,000. Prosecutors say Caramazza stole the money over several months.
Caramazza told authorities he spent most of the cash at the Bradley Teletheater, a pari-mutuel parlor, in Windsor Locks and for living expenses while traveling to Atlantic City, New Jersey and to Florida.
He faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when he is sentenced March 24.
