Bank clerk guilty of transferring money from customers' accounts

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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By Brian Haran

brian.haran@essnmedia.co.uk

A bank clerk has been convicted of six charges of fraud totalling £74,000.

Samantha Macpherson committed the offences in March last year whilst working at the Co-op Bank, in George Street, Croydon.

The 24-year-old, from Oxted, was granted bail at Croydon Crown Court and will be sentenced on November 27.

She had denied being involved in the transfer of the money from customers' accounts.

In evidence she claimed there was a culture of lax security at the bank, and that computer passwords were shared around.

But this was denied by others at the bank and a jury found her guilty.

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    by RobinHood, Sherwood

    Wednesday, November 11 2009, 8:13PM

    “Robbing from the rich and giving to the poor sounds right up my street.
    But I have to ask will Darling or Brown give her a job in their thieving gang.”

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    by will, mitcham

    Wednesday, November 11 2009, 6:33PM

    “give her one from me!.....no not that a right hander,ive just checked me bank account,”

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    by Lenny, Cro

    Wednesday, November 11 2009, 6:01PM

    “She seems to have eaten most of the money she stole by the looks of her , should av gone to weight watchers love.
    Greedy c*w”

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    by Karen, Croydon

    Wednesday, November 11 2009, 5:48PM

    “"Colin, the Co-operative Bank has not taken a penny from the government/taxpayer. It also does not pay huge bonuses to any of its staff.

    Its owned by its members, its customers.

    Good, safe banking. Pity this one member of staff did not realise the Co-operative Bank has ethics and is different from the big banks." SV, Croydon

    Hear Hear, exactly right, the Co-op is the only safe ethical place to bank.”

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    by anon, anon

    Wednesday, November 11 2009, 5:03PM

    “shes smiling in that pic..she seems pleased that she has got convicted..strange woman..”

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