By Nicholas Huber
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A former Tyler banker charged with stealing money from an elderly woman is behind bars once again after police say he stole thousands of dollars from another woman’s bank account before and after she died.
James Dale Turner, 34, of Tyler, was held Tuesday at the Smith County Jail on a $25,000 bond for a warrant charging him with exploitation of the elderly.
In October 2025, a corporate employee at Regions Bank reported Turner to Tyler police after an executor of a Tyler woman’s estate contacted the bank to request account statements, according to an affidavit.
The bank manager recalled requesting a “no post” on the account because of a suspicious transaction: the purchase of a cashier’s check issued by Turner, who was fired from the bank earlier in the year for a similar fraud scheme, according to an affidavit.
Bank records reviewed by police showed dozens of transactions amounting to more than $17,000 during a seven-month period, which occurred before and after the woman died on Feb. 10, 2025, according to the affidavit.
When police contacted Turner about the claims, the former banker admitted to issuing cashier’s checks and depositing them into his personal account at a different bank, according to the affidavit.
Turner did not remember how much money he stole from the woman’s account and said he was not aware of her death, according to the affidavit.
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