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four customers, with the thefts only being discovered when one of them queried receiving a letter about money being withdrawn from a dormant account.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 $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addictionHow far do people go to feed a gambling addiction?
In this story we have a young bank teller, 28 years old lady, who stole 28,000$ 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.
Sure, but how could families prevent this? It's not like that bank teller that steals asks those customers permission to use their money. This is why banks have deep backgroud checking. And problem gambling would likely show if they would look at their bank statements from a long time. In here, one bank forbid their workers to own or buy crypto, because they were panicking that it would affect similarly to gambling problems and when workers deal with other people's money, their security level needs to be high. You don't get that by being irresponsible, and gambling is one sign that worker just might not be responsible with money.