Delco Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Stealing More Than $214,000 From the Bank Where He Worked

PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Jonathan Lim, 42, of Wallingford, Pennsylvania, was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and $214,155 in restitution by United States District Judge Michael M. Baylson for bank fraud and embezzlement.

The defendant was charged with those offenses by indictment in September 2024 and pleaded guilty in November of last year.

As detailed in court filings and statements, while Lim was a manager of a bank branch in Downingtown, Pa., he took over responsibility for the regular administration of the branch's automated teller machine ("ATM"), which required accessing the ATM's interior. From about August 2019 through November 2019, on multiple occasions, the defendant stole cash from the ATM and repeatedly falsified records to hide his crimes.

The defendant resigned from the bank on November 24, 2019, and the ATM and branch were audited two days later. Auditors discovered that the ATM had a shortfall of more than $178,000 and the defendant's cash box was short by $36,000. In all, Lim embezzled approximately $214,000 from the bank branch and spent the majority of the money gambling.

This case was investigated by FBI Philadelphia's Newtown Square Resident Agency, with assistance from the Federal Reserve, and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Alisa Shver and S. Chandler Harris.