He got to scam more than 1.7 million and is charged with the alleged crimes of bank fraud, document falsification and identity theft
The Civil Guard has arrested in Cádiz the deputy director of a bank branch for a fraud to clients of more than 1,700,000 euros and has been charged with the alleged crimes of bank fraud, document falsification and identity theft.
The detainee allegedly defrauded more than 270 clients through transfers and fraudulent contracting of insurance, loans, cards, term deposits and other financial products. The deputy director, according to the investigation, took advantage of the relationship of trust she had with her clients, mostly elderly people with little financial knowledge, and who deposited their savings so that she could manage them.
The bank itself has been key in the investigation that began in January, when an older man denounced that a lifelong friend and deputy director of his branch authorized a transfer of 25,000 euros to the account on his behalf. a stranger. The man became aware of the operation thanks to a relative and when he asked for an explanation, the deputy director offered him the possibility of returning the money in cash and in person, in exchange for not commenting on what happened with other employees of the branch.
From this complaint, the agents discovered that there were hundreds of people affected by the actions of the suspect and that all of them were elderly people, with a good economic position and little financial culture.
The investigation has determined that there are 277 people harmed by a fraud of 1,733,050 euros. The detainee had marketed products, authorized investment fund operations, term deposits in exchange for non-existent gift products, insurance charges for non-existent vehicles or personal loans without justification of motive, all of this to obtain prestige and professional recognition since at most they brought him an improvement in his salary in the form of bonuses.
Curiously, when the suspect was arrested, she stated that the responsibility was not hers and that those responsible were the personnel of the bank office, for which the agents had to carry out internal audits and other operations, including handwriting tests resulting in the author’s arrest.
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