A former bank worker who conspired with others to commit £48,000 of fraud been jailed today at Manchester Crown Court. Nafeesa Shabbir, 28, of Belgrave Avenue, Oldham, pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position and was sentenced to 12 months suspended for two years and 60 hours unpaid work.
Shabbir was formerly employed at a Co-Op Bank call centre in Manchester, where she unlawfully abused her position to access the details of four separate business customer accounts. She is then believed to have passed on these details to other fraudsters who used them to withdraw funds form the accounts. The fraud was spotted by Co-Op Bank and referred to the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU), a specialist police unit funded by the banking industry. All victims were fully refunded.
Julian Page, Detective Sergeant at the DCPCU, commented:
Shabbir abused her position of trust to steal thousands of pounds from her employer.
Fortunately, the fraud was rapidly spotted by the bank and she was caught, while all victims were fully refunded.
This case shows insider fraud doesn’t pay and those responsible will be quickly tracked down and punished.
The DCPCU will continue working closely with the banking industry to clamp down on insider fraudsters and the organised criminal groups who recruit them.
