Boston bank employee charged with forging check used to purchase BMW

BOSTON, September 29, 2022 — A Hyde Park man used his customer service position at a Boston bank last June to forge a $65,000 treasurer’s check that he then used to buy a new BMW, District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.

DAMION EVANS, 42, was charged in the Central Division of Boston Municipal Court today with embezzlement from a bank, forgery of a check and uttering a false check.  He was released on personal recognizance and will return to court November 28 for a pre-trial hearing.

Assistant District Attorney Samuel Jones said bank officers told police that on June 10 Evans generated a $65,000 treasurer’s check for an unknown reason.  When confronted, Evans stated that he had generated the check in error and had deleted the transaction.  However, he could not produce the physical check. Video from the time the check was generated showed no customers Evans would have been assisting.

On June 16, the check was used to buy a blue BMW X6 at BMW of Norwood.  The vehicle was registered and inspected the same day.  The vehicle’s title issued on June 30.

Bank officials contacted police on July 5 to report the illicit treasurer’s check transaction.  The officials provided police with a copy of the check, signed by Evans.  Evans was fired from the bank the next day.

“It’s difficult to comprehend sometimes the confidence people have that their schemes will go undetected, particularly at an institution like a bank, where scrutiny of transactions is routine business.  Like most, this scheme fell apart pretty quickly,” Hayden said.

James Borghesani, Chief of Communications