KNOXVILLE -- Tracey Hill, 38, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced Wednesday to serve five years' probation and was also ordered to pay $31,000 in restitution.
Hill pleaded guilty on February 17, 2010 to charges of intentionally exceeding her authorized access to a computer and thereby obtaining information with a value exceeding $5,000 contained in a financial record of a financial institution.
Hill committed the computer fraud while working as retail operations manager at SunTrust Bank in Knoxville. She worked at SunTrust from April 1, 2002 until July 10, 2007 where she was responsible for ensuring branches assigned to her region followed internal security practices. Because of her position, she had access to the financial records of SunTrust's customers through her computer at work. Hill cooperated with FBI authorities during their investigation.