State police investigate bank fraud

CLAY CITY, Ind. (WTHI) - Indiana State Police are trying to track down the person who committed bank fraud in Clay City, Ind.

Indiana State Police said a man went into the First Financial Bank Branch in Clay City on March 16.

The man went into the bank and showed the teller some identification, which police officials say turned out to be fake. The man then asked to take $2,000 out of a savings account that belongs to an elderly woman in Clinton, Ind.

Officials said the man was posing as the woman's son in law, whose name is also on the account. When the woman received her statement, she noticed something was wrong and call the bank.

The whole thing was caught on video and police are asking for help identifying the man.

"We'd like for people to look at the video and if they can help us identify the person who identified this crime to contact us at the Indiana State Police post in Terre Haute," Tony Guinn of the Indiana State Police said.

The suspect is described as a white man in his late twenties to early thirties. He has a medium build, facial hair.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at 812-238-STOP.