>> christina bray worked at chase bank as a branch manager and became the personal bank manager of a 96-year-old man and convinced him to adopt her as a niece and asked him to be the godfather of her unborn child. so she developed a relationship with him. i would say she was preying upon him. >> reporter: detectives say the elderly man had close to $1 million saved at more than five or six accounts. they say bray was about to transfer about $750,000 of that into a new account at comerica. >> her husband once he was on the account started withdrawing checks and spending money like crazy. the victim was completely unaware of this and had no idea until our investigator interviewed him. >> reporter: the bank notified authorities something strange was going on. the big break came when christina bray and her husband drove up to the man's home in a brand new mercedes not knowing the detectives were there interviewing him. >> these people are helping themselves to everything in the world. it is despicable when you look at the fact that this is a banker that is ripping off an elder customer.

>> reporter: one of the suspects christina bray worked at chase bank as a branch manager and became the personal banker for a 96-year-old man. >> he got into the good graces and convinced him to adopt her as a niece and be the godfather of the unborn child so she developed a relationship with him. i would say she was prey iing un him. >> reporter: and detectives said that the eldedderly man had $1 million saved in five or six accounts at chase bank. they say that she was able to transfer $750,000 of that into a new account at comerica. >> once the husband was on the account, her husband started withdrawing checks and spending money like crazy. the victim was completely unaware of this and had no idea until our investigator had interviewed him. >> reporter: all of the withdrawals raised eyebrows at comerica and notified officials that something strange was going on, and then the woman and her husband drove up to the 96-year-old man's home in a brand new mercedes not knowing that the detectives were there to interview the old man. >> and here at this time of giving that these two are help

police say 29-year-old christina bray met the victim at branch she managed.hey befriended him and looted his savings. they say they used the money to buy a new mercedes a time share property and cosmetic surgery. >>> home for the holidays has never had more meaning for a bay area family. an army staff sergeant serving his third tour in the middle east is back home. as tomas ramon reports, for his family it's been a long waited. >> an excited and nervous 26-year-old sergeant came to sfo with the twin brothers and stepfather. they are here to greet the husband jonathan who has been serving the past nine months. >> we have been through it once or twice before. we just learn to deal with it. take it day by day. >> she is used to waiting. she has waited through two previous tours in iraq where he was wounded. now nine months into this tour. >> you become a strong person. you really become stronger. >> the mother has provided emotional support through three tours. she says her daughter shows remarkable character. >> i love identity very much, she is a very proud wo

san jose police say christina and jimmy brai plet the victim at the bank where christina worked and they convinced him that she was a distant relative. they withdrew cashier's checks and cash and got things like a time share property, a mercedes, and even cosmetic surgery. the victim's relatives eventually notified police. and while detectives were talking to the victim, the couple showed up at his house, and police arrested them. >>> on some other bay area headlines lefty odouls and santa are collecting toys for san francisco's neediest children tonight. the toy drive ends at 2:00 tomorrow morning. santa's workers will take the toys and walk around the streets and look for needy kids and give out the gifts. >>> thousands of hungry san franciscoens dug into prime rib. at the hall in the tenderloin. the house of prime rib donated 2,000 pounds of prime rib for today's lunch and they will have a christmas day turkey dinner tomorrow. >>> an act of generosity this holiday season. what someone in the bay area put into a salvation army kettle. you might be surprised. >>> and will santa deliver