An ATM maintenance man accused of pocketing approximately $200,000 by filling the machines on Independence Day with photocopied and counterfeit $20 bills will serve three years of supervised probation in addition to time served.
Samuel Gregory Kioskli, 64, was sentenced Tuesday to one year in county jail but given credit for 489 days served, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti. Kioskli previously pleaded no contest to a reduced number of charges to avoid trial on counts of burglary, embezzlement, possession of counterfeit bills and forging documents. Instead, Kioskli pleaded no contest to felony counts of embezzlement and possession of a fictitious check.
Kioskli was also ordered to pay $19,738.57 in restitution to Bank of America, said Guidotti.
Given the time served, Kioskli will begin serving his probation time.
Kioskli, of San Francisco, worked for Diebold, the company that services the automatic teller machines for Bank of America. On July 4, 2010 — a bank holiday — he allegedly visited six ATMs in San Francisco and another in Daly City to steal approximately $200,000 by replacing the real cash with photocopies of bills.
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Each time, surveillance video reportedly caught Kioskli using his work card key to enter the machines.
The next day, Kioskli’s wife filed a missing persons report and the ATM thefts were discovered when customers complained about receiving the counterfeit money during transactions.
Kioskli remained at large until May 11, 2011 when an Arizona officer found his Daly City arrest warrant during a traffic stop in Phoenix.
San Francisco has yet to file its charges against Kioskli. Although that county has more charges pending against him, San Mateo County had first dibs on prosecution because its warrant is the one that caught Kioskli.
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