A US banking regulator says a Bank of America employee has illegally accessed customer accounts, leading to tens of thousands of dollars in losses.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) alleges Manuel Alejandro Ramirez Perez engaged in unsafe or unsound practices and violated laws while working as a relationship banker and credit solutions advisor at BofA’s North Naples, Florida branch.

In a consent and prohibition order, the OCC says that between February 2020 and June 2021, Perez accessed customer accounts without proper authorization to steal and sell sensitive data to an unknown individual.

The regulator says Perez’s actions allowed the thief to drain customer accounts to the tune of $65,877.37.