June 3 (Reuters) - A former TD Bank employee

falsified documents to open dozens of accounts and provided

concierge-like services to help cash flow across borders,

Bloomberg News reported on Monday.

Gerry Aquino Vargas, the now-former retail banker in

Hollywood, Florida, an outpost of TD Bank, took a series of $200

bribes to help clients move millions to Colombia by skirting

anti-money-laundering defenses, the report said, citing American

prosecutors.

The lender is facing a U.S. Department of Justice

investigation over its ties to a $653 million drug

money-laundering case in New York and New Jersey, which is

related to illegal drug sales and an employee taking a bribe to

facilitate the laundering of drug money.

Last year, the bank disclosed it was cooperating with

authorities in an investigation into its anti-money laundering

compliance program by the DoJ.

TD Bank did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for

comment.