KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – A Kansas City, Kansas, woman and her associate are charged with embezzling a total of $27,200 from the bank where she worked. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in September and October 2011 in Kansas City, Kansas.

22-year-old Brittney L. Crane and 20-year-old Cierra M. Clayborn are charged with 14 counts of embezzlement and four counts of aggravated identity theft. Crane, a teller at U.S. Bank, 10959 W. 110th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, made unauthorized withdrawals and gave the money to Clayborn.

If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 30-years in federal prison and a fine up to $1 million on each embezzlement count and a mandatory two years served consecutively to other sentences on each count of identity theft.