AUTHOR: JAMES SIMONS
How safe are our bank details once we pass them on to a trusted employee of the bank? Most of us would like to think they are very safe.
However, Amit Kansara was jailed for disclosing highly confidential details of Elzbieta Rogerson’s confidential details to the gang before he resigned from his post in March 2013.
The smart looking ex banker claimed to have been threatened by the gang, and that he feared for the life of his wife and only child when It is possible he is telling the truth, but this is also an easy excuse for anyone to give. The gangs wasted no time in raiding four of her accounts, milking £482,000 in a total of about 20 transactions. The bank had to compensate her, but imagine if he had been an unseen person at the other end of the telephone passing details around. He could have made a killing, and make no mistake, he would have likely got his fair share of the £482,000
Kansara went on to admit passing other customer’s details to the fraudsters, but the Old Bailey bought his story that he may have been acting under duress. According to him, the men produced a gun and asked him to make fake transactions and he went along with it because he feared for his family’s safety. The thing with such a claim is that it is sometimes impossible to prove whether it is true or not. since once caught by the police, all criminals must dig deep into their brains for some explanation, even dodgy explanations. The criminals transferred the money to accounts of dead people, making it as easy as possible to keep the cash hidden.
However, Kansara was luck ran out after two customers complained that about £30,000 disappeared from each of their bank accounts. Boy, he went for big hits, but was not able to keep his freedom. There is hardly any point having money if you are going to be in jail, whilst somebody else enjoys it. He was jailed for 18 months, and will have plenty of time to reflect on his actions. He obviously thought he won’t get caught, but he did.