Cameron woman, former escrow officer sentenced for bank fraud

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KQTV) -- A Cameron, Missouri, woman was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison without parole for bank fraud in relation to an embezzlement scheme.

According to a news release from United States Western District of Missouri Attorney, R. Matthew Price, the scheme occurred between December 2018 and February 2024.

Tracy L. Kellerstrass, 52, a former escrow officer at Cameron Title Company, is required to serve her time in prison and pay restitution for her theft of $460,415.81. Kellerstrass will also serve a three-year term of supervised release following her sentence.

Kellerstrass previously pleaded guilty to bank fraud on March 24, 2026, and admitted to forging another employee's signature on numerous company checks and presenting them for deposit into her personal bank account.