Crime & Safety

Former Temecula Bank Employee Accused Of Bilking 88-Year-Old Woman

Don Leon Foster, 35, is now behind bars, accused of embezzlement.

A former Temecula bank employee who allegedly defrauded an 88-year-old woman "out of a large sum of money" is behind bars, police are reporting.

Don Leon Foster, 35, was arrested Thursday shortly after 4 p.m. at his current place of employment, Chase Bank, located at 1810 University Drive in Vista, according to Riverside County jail records.

The Temecula Police Department has been the lead agency on the investigation. According to Sgt. Kevin McDonald of the department, investigators began looking into "a potential financial elder abuse case and developed evidence that an 88-year-old female victim was taken advantage of by a bank employee in Temecula and defrauded out of a large sum of money."

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Foster is a Murrieta resident and according to McDonald a search warrant was served at his residence Thursday evening around 6:45 p.m..

Foster was booked into the Southwest Detention Center shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday on suspicion of embezzlement and is being held in lieu of a $183,000 bail bond, according to jail records.

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Police have not released the name of the Temecula bank in which Foster worked.

Anyone with further information regarding this case is encouraged to contact Investigator Gerry Franchville at 951-696-3000.


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