Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction

[rachael9385]

In the last two months of her employment, the 28-year-old stole money from four customers, with the thefts only being discovered when one of them queried receiving a letter about money being withdrawn from a dormant account.

TSB Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction

How far do people go to feed a gambling addiction?

In this story we have a young bank teller, 28 years old lady, who stole 28,000$ from four different elders who were suffering from health and cognitive problems. Her goal was to fuel a gambling addiction, as presented by the defense at the court.

Families must be attentive to their elders when going to the bank and dealing with money in general. Scammers and thieves are everywhere and always ready to take advantage of the vulnerability of such individuals at an advanced age.

I think there is more of this kind of a bank teller in other banks doing the same thing as this teller on the story does. The teller might have noticed that most of the elderly people that are visiting the bank have some sights issues that's why should would have the mind to do this things. What the gambler did is part of theft and the court should judge it like that.

[betswift]

In the last two months of her employment, the 28-year-old stole money from four customers, with the thefts only being discovered when one of them queried receiving a letter about money being withdrawn from a dormant account.

TSB Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction

How far do people go to feed a gambling addiction?

In this story we have a young bank teller, 28 years old lady, who stole 28,000$ from four different elders who were suffering from health and cognitive problems. Her goal was to fuel a gambling addiction, as presented by the defense at the court.

Families must be attentive to their elders when going to the bank and dealing with money in general. Scammers and thieves are everywhere and always ready to take advantage of the vulnerability of such individuals at an advanced age.

I think there is more of this kind of a bank teller in other banks doing the same thing as this teller on the story does. The teller might have noticed that most of the elderly people that are visiting the bank have some sights issues that's why should would have the mind to do this things. What the gambler did is part of theft and the court should judge it like that.

Totally, And, still, more attention is needed from your loved ones in order to avoid such fates described here.

[Quidat]

In the last two months of her employment, the 28-year-old stole money from four customers, with the thefts only being discovered when one of them queried receiving a letter about money being withdrawn from a dormant account.

TSB Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction

How far do people go to feed a gambling addiction?

In this story we have a young bank teller, 28 years old lady, who stole 28,000$ from four different elders who were suffering from health and cognitive problems. Her goal was to fuel a gambling addiction, as presented by the defense at the court.

Families must be attentive to their elders when going to the bank and dealing with money in general. Scammers and thieves are everywhere and always ready to take advantage of the vulnerability of such individuals at an advanced age.

I think there is more of this kind of a bank teller in other banks doing the same thing as this teller on the story does. The teller might have noticed that most of the elderly people that are visiting the bank have some sights issues that's why should would have the mind to do this things. What the gambler did is part of theft and the court should judge it like that.

Anything that involves unauthorized used of funds or simply stealing then it would really be that something punishable. This is why it would really be that always having that possibility on having
these kind of instances that a certain person would be committing out on stealing specially when they are that become gambling addicts and just like been said that the current position of a bank teller
would really be having that advantage because they are really that able to know on how to lure up those senior citizens for them to be getting fooled or been that decieved about some certain
financial transactions on which it could really be leading up by the use of those funds specially into a bank teller on which they could actually be able to do things such as this.
It would really be just that right that she should really be imprisoned.

[rachael9385]

In the last two months of her employment, the 28-year-old stole money from four customers, with the thefts only being discovered when one of them queried receiving a letter about money being withdrawn from a dormant account.

TSB Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction

How far do people go to feed a gambling addiction?

In this story we have a young bank teller, 28 years old lady, who stole 28,000$ from four different elders who were suffering from health and cognitive problems. Her goal was to fuel a gambling addiction, as presented by the defense at the court.

Families must be attentive to their elders when going to the bank and dealing with money in general. Scammers and thieves are everywhere and always ready to take advantage of the vulnerability of such individuals at an advanced age.

I think there is more of this kind of a bank teller in other banks doing the same thing as this teller on the story does. The teller might have noticed that most of the elderly people that are visiting the bank have some sights issues that's why should would have the mind to do this things. What the gambler did is part of theft and the court should judge it like that.

Anything that involves unauthorized used of funds or simply stealing then it would really be that something punishable. This is why it would really be that always having that possibility on having
these kind of instances that a certain person would be committing out on stealing specially when they are that become gambling addicts and just like been said that the current position of a bank teller
would really be having that advantage because they are really that able to know on how to lure up those senior citizens for them to be getting fooled or been that decieved about some certain
financial transactions on which it could really be leading up by the use of those funds specially into a bank teller on which they could actually be able to do things such as this.
It would really be just that right that she should really be imprisoned.

If I am not mistaken, the bank teller should be the ones to protect their costumers money instead of stealing them to satisfy her gamble urge. And the worse part is that she also lost the money and there is no other way that she could be able to get another money to pay back the money that she stole and Gambled with.

[dansus021]

Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction this is must be crazy right I mean how did the teller manage to steal their customer money? and how the police know that the money was stolen.
I mean there are ton of thread discussing about gambling addiction here in bitcointalk but this one kinda crazy the bank teller must have strategy to not look suspicious or at least he crazy enough stole money just for gambling.

28K is a lot of money I would say according to google Bank teller salary is around 45K a year so it need at least 6 month to recover 28K

[Natalim]

Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction this is must be crazy right I mean how did the teller manage to steal their customer money? and how the police know that the money was stolen.

Read the OP with the link to the news attached to it, and you’ll find out. As a bank teller, they are always dealing with money, so it’s easy for them to get tempted, especially if they’re addicted to gambling. And of course, as a bank, they have a system to trace transactions, and probably during an audit, this was discovered. As per report, one of the depositors complained, leading to an investigation that uncovered the entire amount of money being stolen from different depositors.

[Lida93]

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I mean there are ton of thread discussing about gambling addiction here in bitcointalk but this one kinda crazy the bank teller must have strategy to not look suspicious or at least he crazy enough stole money just for gambling.

There are much crazier stories about gambling addicts actions with money which you just haven't seen. Just last month a cake designer used money paid her to make a wedding cake to gamble, she had to bring in a cake with less quality weigh low from what the couple paid for and it was embarrassing as the cake didn't befit the ceremony. Addiction is just damn crazy.

28K is a lot of money I would say according to google Bank teller salary is around 45K a year so it need at least 6 month to recover 28K

It does seem the bank will continue to need her services anymore and the reason is quite obvious - the bank teller is an addicted gambler. If the bank should make the mistake of still retaining her just to recover the stolen money through her salary they will probably be adding pains to injury because a compulsive gambling habit can force her to repeat the behavior and maybe this time the figures could be way higher.

[betswift]

Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction this is must be crazy right I mean how did the teller manage to steal their customer money? and how the police know that the money was stolen.

Read the OP with the link to the news attached to it, and you’ll find out. As a bank teller, they are always dealing with money, so it’s easy for them to get tempted, especially if they’re addicted to gambling. And of course, as a bank, they have a system to trace transactions, and probably during an audit, this was discovered. As per report, one of the depositors complained, leading to an investigation that uncovered the entire amount of money being stolen from different depositors.

Yeah, regulation measures got him in the end. It's still a crazy story, though.

[Pandu Geddon]

Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction this is must be crazy right I mean how did the teller manage to steal their customer money? and how the police know that the money was stolen.

Read the OP with the link to the news attached to it, and you’ll find out. As a bank teller, they are always dealing with money, so it’s easy for them to get tempted, especially if they’re addicted to gambling. And of course, as a bank, they have a system to trace transactions, and probably during an audit, this was discovered. As per report, one of the depositors complained, leading to an investigation that uncovered the entire amount of money being stolen from different depositors.

even my friend experienced the same thing. he is a bank branch manager. somehow he did it but the amount of customer money he used was quite large. he was caught and admitted that he did it not once but several times until he was finally caught and finally confessed.

bank tellers can do it, let alone a bank manager. they know how to hide it all. my friend admitted that he was entangled in online loans because his money was used up for gambling. while the money from the loan he used for his living needs.
we can see that the salary of a bank teller and manager is actually not small. but it's just that their behavior of gambling irresponsibly makes them always short of money to bet. Their behavior is bad because it has involved and harmed other people. and now all the bigger consequences must be accepted. refunds, prison sentences, and loss of jobs.

[Natalim]

Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction this is must be crazy right I mean how did the teller manage to steal their customer money? and how the police know that the money was stolen.

Read the OP with the link to the news attached to it, and you’ll find out. As a bank teller, they are always dealing with money, so it’s easy for them to get tempted, especially if they’re addicted to gambling. And of course, as a bank, they have a system to trace transactions, and probably during an audit, this was discovered. As per report, one of the depositors complained, leading to an investigation that uncovered the entire amount of money being stolen from different depositors.

even my friend experienced the same thing. he is a bank branch manager. somehow he did it but the amount of customer money he used was quite large. he was caught and admitted that he did it not once but several times until he was finally caught and finally confessed.

bank tellers can do it, let alone a bank manager. they know how to hide it all. my friend admitted that he was entangled in online loans because his money was used up for gambling. while the money from the loan he used for his living needs.
we can see that the salary of a bank teller and manager is actually not small. but it's just that their behavior of gambling irresponsibly makes them always short of money to bet. Their behavior is bad because it has involved and harmed other people. and now all the bigger consequences must be accepted. refunds, prison sentences, and loss of jobs.

That kind of risk is always present since anyone dealing with money is at risk of being tempted to steal. It’s wrong if the bank doesn’t have strong internal controls to prevent that from happening. Although they can put the people involved in stealing in jail, the bank’s reputation is also affected, which could potentially result in losing clients. Since banking is a business built on trust, how can clients trust them if things like that happen within the bank?

[Frankolala]

Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction this is must be crazy right I mean how did the teller manage to steal their customer money? and how the police know that the money was stolen.

Read the OP with the link to the news attached to it, and you’ll find out. As a bank teller, they are always dealing with money, so it’s easy for them to get tempted, especially if they’re addicted to gambling. And of course, as a bank, they have a system to trace transactions, and probably during an audit, this was discovered. As per report, one of the depositors complained, leading to an investigation that uncovered the entire amount of money being stolen from different depositors.

A gamble addict should not be in charge of such position of a teller because she will end up looking for a way in which she will feed her addiction because she lacks self control. Addiction is something very dangerous which controls the gambler mindset and thinking to use whatever money in his possession for gambling despite the consequences.

One thing that people don't know is no matter how long you have been doing something it must reveal someday. The teller thought she was playing a smart one unknown to her that it was a dumb idea because using people's money to gamble shows a sign of irresponsible gambling.

[dunfida]

Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction this is must be crazy right I mean how did the teller manage to steal their customer money? and how the police know that the money was stolen.

Read the OP with the link to the news attached to it, and you’ll find out. As a bank teller, they are always dealing with money, so it’s easy for them to get tempted, especially if they’re addicted to gambling. And of course, as a bank, they have a system to trace transactions, and probably during an audit, this was discovered. As per report, one of the depositors complained, leading to an investigation that uncovered the entire amount of money being stolen from different depositors.

even my friend experienced the same thing. he is a bank branch manager. somehow he did it but the amount of customer money he used was quite large. he was caught and admitted that he did it not once but several times until he was finally caught and finally confessed.

bank tellers can do it, let alone a bank manager. they know how to hide it all. my friend admitted that he was entangled in online loans because his money was used up for gambling. while the money from the loan he used for his living needs.
we can see that the salary of a bank teller and manager is actually not small. but it's just that their behavior of gambling irresponsibly makes them always short of money to bet. Their behavior is bad because it has involved and harmed other people. and now all the bigger consequences must be accepted. refunds, prison sentences, and loss of jobs.

That kind of risk is always present since anyone dealing with money is at risk of being tempted to steal. It’s wrong if the bank doesn’t have strong internal controls to prevent that from happening. Although they can put the people involved in stealing in jail, the bank’s reputation is also affected, which could potentially result in losing clients. Since banking is a business built on trust, how can clients trust them if things like that happen within the bank?

On the moment that addiction hits hard into a certain individual and able to fail out on doing such control and moderation then you would really be that most likely be ending up with this kind of condition on which you would really be that making yourself getting involved into these acts on which we know that it could really be able to end up on having that legal punishment on the time that its been proven guilty or simply being caught.
Just like on being said or mentioned on which on the moment that you do put up yourself on such condition then it would really be that hard to control oneself on not to commit out those kind of stealing of funds
on which this is really that indeed the right place on doing such thing since this one is really that involves money. You would really be finding up ways for you to get those funds without being noticed.

As we do all know that there's no secret that would really be kept hidden forever o which you might not be caught now but sooner or later it would surely happen. This is why on the moment or time that you've seen
yourself being that addicted to gambling and since your work is connected about huge sums of money then it would really be just that right that you should really be that stopping if ever you would be having
the chance if you wont really be liking to mess up your life into his regard.

[Jawhead999]

A gamble addict should not be in charge of such position of a teller because she will end up looking for a way in which she will feed her addiction because she lacks self control. Addiction is something very dangerous which controls the gambler mindset and thinking to use whatever money in his possession for gambling despite the consequences.

One thing that people don't know is no matter how long you have been doing something it must reveal someday. The teller thought she was playing a smart one unknown to her that it was a dumb idea because using people's money to gamble shows a sign of irresponsible gambling.

Satoshi has successfully been completely anonymous for 15 years and still counting, yet no one able to catch him.

The bank teller hasn't completely know how the banks works, that's why someone can caught him since he not able to erase all of the trace. It's why if you're not a developer and understand about cyber security, never ever do something risky.

You will get caught sooner or later.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

Well, I've heard of similar stories, of bank tellers robbing old people of their accounts hoping they wouldn't notice in order to fuel their cocaine addiction, so this case is not unique to gambling.

The teller might have noticed that most of the elderly people that are visiting the bank have some sights issues that's why should would have the mind to do this things.

Or memory issues. Also cognitive issues.

28K is a lot of money I would say according to google Bank teller salary is around 45K a year so it need at least 6 month to recover 28K

But that is if he spends nothing and uses his entire salary to pay back what he stole.

[betswift]

A gamble addict should not be in charge of such position of a teller because she will end up looking for a way in which she will feed her addiction because she lacks self control. Addiction is something very dangerous which controls the gambler mindset and thinking to use whatever money in his possession for gambling despite the consequences.

One thing that people don't know is no matter how long you have been doing something it must reveal someday. The teller thought she was playing a smart one unknown to her that it was a dumb idea because using people's money to gamble shows a sign of irresponsible gambling.

Satoshi has successfully been completely anonymous for 15 years and still counting, yet no one able to catch him.

The bank teller hasn't completely know how the banks works, that's why someone can caught him since he not able to erase all of the trace. It's why if you're not a developer and understand about cyber security, never ever do something risky.

You will get caught sooner or later.

It's because the institution he was working in was centralized, thus, it's no wonder that he was caught. Eventually, but, still.

[Frankolala]

A gamble addict should not be in charge of such position of a teller because she will end up looking for a way in which she will feed her addiction because she lacks self control. Addiction is something very dangerous which controls the gambler mindset and thinking to use whatever money in his possession for gambling despite the consequences.

One thing that people don't know is no matter how long you have been doing something it must reveal someday. The teller thought she was playing a smart one unknown to her that it was a dumb idea because using people's money to gamble shows a sign of irresponsible gambling.

Satoshi has successfully been completely anonymous for 15 years and still counting, yet no one able to catch him.

The bank teller hasn't completely know how the banks works, that's why someone can caught him since he not able to erase all of the trace. It's why if you're not a developer and understand about cyber security, never ever do something risky.

You will get caught sooner or later.

Satoshi did not do anything evil or extort anyone by stealing their funds but instead he created bitcoin to help people form fiat entrapment and this is why his anonymity is save. But the teller stole in a centralized system and she will not have the idea to erase her traces because that might make her get caught early.

As long as you are doing something bad, it will be reveal in the public it is just a matter of time. There is what is call law of Karma, it is always going to catch up with you. Another thing is that addiction will make you act out of control to take what is good or bad. This is why I am not surprised that she was caught because she has being doing it over and over again.

[Davidvictorson]

How far do people go to feed a gambling addiction?

As far as they can to satisfy the unquenchable desire to gamble. It is a beast that desires food and grows as large as you can once the urge is being satisfied.

In this story we have a young bank teller, 28 years old lady, who stole 28,000$ from four different elders who were suffering from health and cognitive problems. Her goal was to fuel a gambling addiction, as presented by the defense at the court.

After a background check, an addiction screening should be done. Any prospective employee who doesn't consent is not fit to work in the establishment. In the end the person who bears the final brunt is the business owner. Employees will leave to other organizations even after they have damaged the reputation of the organization, therefore the employer must do everything that is within human rights and legal to keep his business from going under.

[Silberman]

A gamble addict should not be in charge of such position of a teller because she will end up looking for a way in which she will feed her addiction because she lacks self control. Addiction is something very dangerous which controls the gambler mindset and thinking to use whatever money in his possession for gambling despite the consequences.

One thing that people don't know is no matter how long you have been doing something it must reveal someday. The teller thought she was playing a smart one unknown to her that it was a dumb idea because using people's money to gamble shows a sign of irresponsible gambling.

Addicts cannot be trusted with money, and that is because in their state of mind they believe they can get away with anything thinking no one is ever going to find out, and even if they can get away with it for some time, eventually they will get discovered, and since this is a massive breach of trust, it is possible she will find it hard to get another job, as who will trust a person that stole from their clients and the bank in this way?

[Fiatless]

Satoshi has successfully been completely anonymous for 15 years and still counting, yet no one able to catch him.

The bank teller hasn't completely know how the banks works, that's why someone can caught him since he not able to erase all of the trace. It's why if you're not a developer and understand about cyber security, never ever do something risky.

You will get caught sooner or later.

You can ask a bank teller or even a manager if it is possible to erase transactions. Bank tellers are not programmers, their jobs are just to register transactions and give and receive cash. For them to issue cash in most cases, they need to seek approval from the supervisor. Most banking transactions are handled by third parties service providers which makes it difficult to erase transactions.

Don't forget that customers will also get notifications for transactions that are carried out on their accounts. It will take a coordinated operation between many staff in the bank and other service providers to erase transactions. The reason why the banker in OP's story was able to hide the crime for a long time was because her target was physically and mentally sick elderly people. In summary, don't ever assume that it is easy to erase transactions from bank systems because they are complex and also well secured.

[Huppercase]

It does seem the bank will continue to need her services anymore and the reason is quite obvious - the bank teller is an addicted gambler. If the bank should make the mistake of still retaining her just to recover the stolen money through her salary they will probably be adding pains to injury because a compulsive gambling habit can force her to repeat the behavior and maybe this time the figures could be way higher.

If she go sack after been exposed, then it is going to be the biggest mistake of her life and to say that was a lady for that matter. Could it be that she lied that she used the money for something else or she really used the money for gambling as money laundering to get away with the money? The more I look into her case, the more I'm not convinced about the case but who knows, probably it's because I have not been closed to female gamblers that much.

On top of it, she never made any profit. Even if she is man, this is a very big mistake to do or a bad reputation in her place of work. If she had gamble her salary or probably sell her home properties and didn't end well, she might still be in her place of work getting the money to get back in her feet again but she decided to fraud her place of work which I'm sure she will find it hard to get another job again. Who is going to employ such addicted gambler like her.