A former bank manager has been charged after allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $90,000 from customers’ accounts in the state’s south earlier this year.
In June 2016, detectives from the Fraud & Cybercrime Squad’s Corporate Corruption Team were contacted by a financial institution in relation to a former employee allegedly defrauding customers at a branch at Cootamundra.
Following extensive inquiries, a 35-year-man was served a Future Court Attendance Notice on Monday (September 5), for three counts of dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception and attempt to dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception.
Police will allege the man had used bank log-ins to access customer accounts and make more than $90,000 in unauthorised transactions.
He is due to appear at Cootamundra Local Court on Friday 5 December 2016.
The Fraud & Cybercrime Squad’s Corporate Corruption Team works with financial institutions and other business entities to proactively identify and target employees in a position of trust who are facilitating or enabling fraudulent activity
Police are urging anyone with information about corporate fraud to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.
