Topic: Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction - page 3. (Read 1236 times)

Well, I've heard of similar stories, of bank tellers robbing old people of their accounts hoping they wouldn't notice in order to fuel their cocaine addiction, so this case is not unique to gambling.


Or memory issues. Also cognitive issues.


But that is if he spends nothing and uses his entire salary to pay back what he stole.

Satoshi has successfully been completely anonymous for 15 years and still counting, yet no one able to catch him.

The bank teller hasn't completely know how the banks works, that's why someone can caught him since he not able to erase all of the trace. It's why if you're not a developer and understand about cyber security, never ever do something risky.

You will get caught sooner or later.

On the moment that addiction hits hard into a certain individual and able to fail out on doing such control and moderation then you would really be that most likely be ending up with this kind of condition on which you would really be that making yourself getting involved into these acts on which we know that it could really be able to end up on having that legal punishment on the time that its been proven guilty or simply being caught.
Just like on being said or mentioned on which on the moment that you do put up yourself on such condition then it would really be that hard to control oneself on not to commit out those kind of stealing of funds
on which this is really that indeed the right place on doing such thing since this one is really that involves money. You would really be finding up ways for you to get those funds without being noticed.

As we do all know that there's no secret that would really be kept hidden forever o which you might not be caught now but sooner or later it would surely happen. This is why on the moment or time that you've seen
yourself being that addicted to gambling and since your work is connected about huge sums of money then it would really be just that right that you should really be that stopping if ever you would be having
the chance if you wont really be liking to mess up your life into his regard.

A gamble addict should not be in charge of such position of a teller because she will end up looking for a way in which she will feed her addiction because she lacks self control. Addiction is something very dangerous which controls the gambler mindset and thinking to use whatever money in his possession for gambling despite the consequences.

One thing that people don't know is no matter how long you have been doing something it must reveal someday. The teller thought she was playing a smart one unknown to her that it was a dumb idea because using people's money to gamble shows a sign of irresponsible gambling.

That kind of risk is always present since anyone dealing with money is at risk of being tempted to steal. It’s wrong if the bank doesn’t have strong internal controls to prevent that from happening. Although they can put the people involved in stealing in jail, the bank’s reputation is also affected, which could potentially result in losing clients. Since banking is a business built on trust, how can clients trust them if things like that happen within the bank?

even my friend experienced the same thing. he is a bank branch manager. somehow he did it but the amount of customer money he used was quite large. he was caught and admitted that he did it not once but several times until he was finally caught and finally confessed.

bank tellers can do it, let alone a bank manager. they know how to hide it all. my friend admitted that he was entangled in online loans because his money was used up for gambling. while the money from the loan he used for his living needs.
we can see that the salary of a bank teller and manager is actually not small. but it's just that their behavior of gambling irresponsibly makes them always short of money to bet. Their behavior is bad because it has involved and harmed other people. and now all the bigger consequences must be accepted. refunds, prison sentences, and loss of jobs.

Yeah, regulation measures got him in the end. It's still a crazy story, though.

There are much crazier stories about gambling addicts actions with money which you just haven't seen. Just last month a cake designer used money paid her to make a wedding cake to gamble, she had to bring in a cake with less quality weigh low from what the couple paid for and it was embarrassing as the cake didn't befit the ceremony. Addiction is just damn crazy.

It does seem the bank will continue to need her services anymore and the reason is quite obvious - the bank teller is an addicted gambler. If the bank should make the mistake of still retaining her just to recover the stolen money through her salary they will probably be adding pains to injury because a compulsive gambling habit can force her to repeat the behavior and maybe this time the figures could be way higher.

Read the OP with the link to the news attached to it, and you’ll find out. As a bank teller, they are always dealing with money, so it’s easy for them to get tempted, especially if they’re addicted to gambling. And of course, as a bank, they have a system to trace transactions, and probably during an audit, this was discovered. As per report, one of the depositors complained, leading to an investigation that uncovered the entire amount of money being stolen from different depositors.

Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction this is must be crazy right I mean how did the teller manage to steal their customer money? and how the police know that the money was stolen.
I mean there are ton of thread discussing about gambling addiction here in bitcointalk but this one kinda crazy the bank teller must have strategy to not look suspicious or at least he crazy enough stole money just for gambling.

28K is a lot of money I would say according to google Bank teller salary is around 45K a year so it need at least 6 month to recover 28K

If I am not mistaken, the bank teller should be the ones to protect their costumers money instead of stealing them to satisfy her gamble urge. And the worse part is that she also lost the money and there is no other way that she could be able to get another money to pay back the money that she stole and Gambled with.

Anything that involves unauthorized used of funds or simply stealing then it would really be that something punishable. This is why it would really be that always having that possibility on having
these kind of instances that a certain person would be committing out on stealing specially when they are that become gambling addicts and just like been said that the current position of a bank teller
would really be having that advantage because they are really that able to know on how to lure up those senior citizens for them to be getting fooled or been that decieved about some certain
financial transactions on which it could really be leading up by the use of those funds specially into a bank teller on which they could actually be able to do things such as this.
It would really be just that right that she should really be imprisoned.

Totally, And, still, more attention is needed from your loved ones in order to avoid such fates described here.

I think there is more of this kind of a bank teller in other banks doing the same thing as this teller on the story does. The teller might have noticed that most of the elderly people that are visiting the bank have some sights issues that's why should would have the mind to do this things. What the gambler did is part of theft and the court should judge it like that.

It's not surprising that people could go as far as doing anything at their reach to gamble.. haven't you read much more stupid cases? Where a person absconds with money for a legal wedding, just to satisfy his urge?

On the other hand, it's terrible that the lady lost control of her mind and actions up to the extent of making away with such a huge amount, just to gamble... This is how I view this whole addiction shit : you're putting in money to gamble for a huge return right? But nothing comes out from it and you keep repeating the same process?? So, I'd say there's more to it than just making money... Maybe the passion? That's a discussion of another day!

Check the part of your post that I highlighted in bold, thats a wrong way to say this, you should have used the phrase, "satisfy her gambling urge", rather than say "fuel her gambling addiction". To fuel a car means to give the power to move when you start the engine, put it in gear and accelerate, this in other words simply means that, to make something worst, to increase, which is to say that, if we are to go by your phrase, it means she stole the money to use it to make her gambling addiction worst, to increase her addiction to gambling, which is wrong if you ask me, she rather stole the money as a means to satisfy her gambling urge.
Anyways, please don't mind me, I usually do this once in a while, no hard feelings 😁.

And that's by the way, now to the subject being discussed, I am not surprised at all, I've heard, read about people who did worser things just for the sake of gambling, adduction to gambling can drive even the smartest person nuts, specially when he or she has no money to satisfy the urge, they can go to any length, and for this lady, it was possibly easy for her because she works where she gets to handle money every day, the difference is that it's not her money, but then, a gambling addict who does not have his or her own money to gamble with, will surely do exactly same thing she did, don't blame her, blame gambling addiction. 😊

This is quite a huge amount of money, in my country Nigeria this is also something that goes on in banks that many people are not aware of , some bankers are gamblers they use the funds of customers to gamble and sometimes this puts them in a whole lot of trouble, but they cannot get arrested for it otherwise it would tarnish the reputation of the bank, so they simply fire them immediately... Addictive gambling is very bad, anyone going through this might actually be in denial but it's a real problem, gambling with other people's money is a line you shouldn't cross

It wasn’t a he; it was a she. Anyone, whether man or woman, can become addicted to gambling**no exceptions. That’s why casinos always remind us about responsible gambling. Regarding the person in the news, she was the one accepting deposits, releasing funds, and probably had access to the accounts, making it easy for her to manipulate the records. She knew whom to victimize, but no secret is kept forever, so in the end, she was still caught. What happened is that she will be charged with theft and will surely lose her job as well. I hope we all learn from this and always consider the consequences of our actions in advance.

This is what many people neglect these days about gambling and the dangers that involves it. when you start this activity for fun, without knowing or understanding the side effects of gambling long, heavily and chasing your losses and not knowing when to stop.
The bank teller in this story is just a victim in my opinion, anyone else in her place would do the same or worse to feed that strong addiction, desire to keep gambling or the willing to recover some losses and keep losing each time. This lady was imagining that she will make up all the losses with a huge win, unfortunately that wasn’t the case for her.

Overall, we can’t say that this lady is not guilty for what she did, since she had many options to either use only her salary or income for gambling. However, lack of understanding or warnings about gambling addiction is what causes these addiction. It is the same comparison with drugs addiction, if governments could end and fight well the dealer, producers and companies that are making the drugs we wouldn’t find that amount of addicts everywhere. While drugs are different than legal gambling casinos or betting store, they are both addictive and should be considered dangerous.

The banker in question is struggling with impulse control. He did all that without calculating the consequences of his actions. Gambling excessively led him to have such a disorder, and at a point, he got overwhelmed and stopped thinking about the consequences of his actions if he failed. Probably, within him, winning was the only option. He never thought about losing all that money.

Gamblers need to develop a strong self-thought on the repercussions of every action they take. It'll help boost their impulse and emotional control.