A Boston man and a Hopkinton woman who allegedly impersonated bank customers were arrested and charged with defrauding Citizens Bank of more than $1.2 million, according to the office of Leah B. Foley, US Attorney for Massachusetts.
William Shaw, 67, is accused of posing as a customer on 11 different occasions at Citizens Bank branches in Abington, Brookline, Concord, and West Roxbury, and fraudulently withdrawing more than $674,000, according to a federal indictment.
Shaw was arrested Wednesday. At an arraignment hearing in federal court in Boston, he pleaded not guilty to eight charges, four counts of bank fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft, court records show.
A judge ordered that Shaw be held in the custody of the US Marshals Service until a bed opens up at the Barbara McInnis House, a South Boston respite care center for people experiencing homelessness, according to court filings.
Rosemary Parks, 59, was arrested Friday and made an appearance in federal court the same day. She pleaded not guilty to three counts of bank fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft, according to court documents.
Parks was released on special conditions. She was ordered not to drink alcohol or take illegal drugs. She also must undergo a mental health evaluation, court records show.
According to charging documents, Parks impersonated a bank customer eight times and fraudulently withdrew more than $536,000 from Citizens Bank branches in Franklin, Roslindale, and Sturbridge.
The pair’s scheme lasted from at least December 2022 to March 2025, federal prosecutors said.
Shaw and Parks used fake driver’s licenses that showed their own photos but listed personal information that belonged to bank customers, Foley’s office said.
Shaw and Parks gave bank tellers withdrawal slips that listed the customers’ names and account numbers to withdraw cash and buy cashier’s checks, charging documents show.
Six men were arrested in July as part of a related investigation, Foley’s office said. The accused men allegedly were involved in a multi-million-dollar scheme that defrauded banks in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Parks and Shaw have status conference hearings scheduled for March 10.
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