PHILADELPHIA, PA — Jonathan Lim was sentenced this week to 18 months in federal prison for bank fraud and embezzlement tied to the theft of approximately $214,000 from a Downingtown bank branch ATM, federal prosecutors said.
United States District Judge Michael M. Baylson also sentenced Lim, 42, to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $214,155 in restitution.
According to court filings and statements, Lim managed a bank branch in Downingtown and assumed responsibility for administering the branch’s automated teller machine, which required access to the ATM’s interior.
Federal prosecutors said that between August 2019 and November 2019, Lim repeatedly stole cash from the ATM and falsified records to conceal the thefts.
Lim resigned from the bank on November 24, 2019. Auditors examined the ATM and branch two days later and discovered the ATM was short more than $178,000, while Lim’s cash box was missing an additional $36,000.
Prosecutors said Lim spent most of the stolen money on gambling.
A federal grand jury charged Lim in September 2024, and he pleaded guilty in November.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Newtown Square Resident Agency with assistance from the Federal Reserve.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Alisa Shver and S. Chandler Harris.
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