Topic: Bank teller stole $28,000 from customers to feed her gambling addiction - page 4. (Read 1244 times)

I disagree, I mean banks have security and they should issues security clearance. Perhaps this is want the teller has, she has been given access because of protocols and that's why she might have been looking for that database and have identified individuals that she is going to target and so she did it.

If there will be chances, then the banks could degrade what security the teller can access with. Maybe the teller has access because she needed that in her position. So there is a loophole that this banks need to close so that they can prevent this from happening before.

That's their job, they have access to the system and the money, so if they get tempted to steal for any reason, they can, but they must face the consequences of their actions since they will eventually be caught. Banks have reconciliation processes to trace any discrepancies, ensuring that missing amounts are identified and the responsible party is held accountable.

I believe the company should conduct regular employee evaluations to assess whether they are still fit for their roles. In this case, if the teller was already addicted to gambling, a thorough evaluation might have revealed his behavior. Evaluations shouldn't be limited to interviews but should also include investigations into employees' lifestyles.

It is one of the weaknesses of banking where tellers can access abuse their authority to access data or withdraw funds from user accounts without their permission when they know the user's PIN. And unfortunately the teller has a gambling addiction which makes him look innocent to take so much of his customers' money. That is the reason why banks should monitor their employees and take preventive measures to overcome problems like this.

Gambling is a severe addiction that distorts a person's brain in such a way that he cannot imagine anything else other than gambling, we can accept it as a type of mental disorder. A bank teller is so disordered by gambling that he is forced to steal from his workplace to manage gambling money.
When he tried his best to manage his gambling money, he couldn't think of anything else, so his brain couldn't pick an easier way to deal with his gambling addiction and manage his money, so he stole $28,000 & Tried to cure gambling addiction.

This is a different case though but you're right that when it's about our money, we have to be careful of whom we trust. This case is with the bank, and the bank has that teller that gambles and became addicted to it resulting to steal money.

She thought that she can get away with it, she knows the process and potential loopholes of it. But then, still got caught.

She deserved to get caught for stealing money and they're elders already for which she assist properly instead of playing nice but stealing behind.

In short, learn not to trust no one most particularly when money is involved. Thieves/cheaters are everywhere, they can be your friends or worst relatives waiting in the corner to find perfect timing to steal your funds. However, with gambling addiction, if you know you are too emotional to gamble your own funds, then don’t gamble, or gamble with an amount you can afford to lose. Gamble responsibly, get rid of gambling if you have no funds at all to sustain your gambling addiction.

Because that person is unethical. As you've said, no matter who the person that teller was getting money, that's not right at all. Sweat and long years of working just for that young lady to steal the money from those elders. I cannot imagine how she's able to do that without her conscience ticking in. Well, I guess that whenever you're already addicted, you have no compassion and morals anymore because what matters to you is about how you're going to gamble next. I feel bad for the victims that they have no means of fighting back while their money was snatched away by that teller.

She's already knew what she's going to after the incident and it's not worth the risk to do it. As if it's the kind of risk that many are going to take but sadly, there are a lot of addicted gamblers that are ending up with this thing because they no longer have money and they cannot control themselves. So, a good reminder is not to be intense with your bets. You can gamble as much as you can but use your money for betting and never bother any person just for your sake to gamble and to continue your vice when it's no longer fun anymore.

They have no morale in short. What they think, is how they can get money from anyone, no matter who is their victim. So yeah, ethics is not a question anymore here because it is not part of their everyday life anymore.

As you can see or read such situation in your everyday life, better take precautions to combat such scenario and avoid this from happening to yourself.
You can- limit your exposure of your personal details via online answering of forms, if you are in doubt to the person who you are talking with - better stop and think for a bit what he is trying to extract from you, report individuals if you are witnessing some kind of fraud - it maybe can save someone from getting duped to strangers.

Oh snap, that’s crazy man that just shows you the lengths that people will go to secure that bag!! That’s insane man does this also show the mug shot? I’m sure we can look it up I haven’t clicked the link but I’m definitely going to take a peep at that, it’s surely been done before but man she has gone in way too deep with her gambling addiction.

You are definitely right on this one on which on the time that you would really be that get addicted with gambling then high chances that you would really be that making yourself having that kind of tendency that you will really be making use of other peoples money on which how much more that you are really that indeed working on a Bank? You would really be able to easily find up ways on how you would be doing it.
Just like on what you had mentioned that it is really that too strong when it comes that kind of temptation since you are really that dealing up with a work which you could see money and we do know that control and moderation or simply with discipline about doing such acts isnt really that too strong when addiction hits you hard. This is why its important that you should really be that at least be wary on the actions that should really be taking because regret would really be that always in the end.

Yes, this could really happen and it isnt really that shocking that it would really be coming into a point that you wouldnt really be able to control it out on which just like been said that
there's no country,religion,status of living on which on the time that gambling addiction had a hit on you then most likely you would really be that having that kind of potential
on doing those criminal acts specially on making use of others money. How much more that this one is really that a Bank teller? Temptation is really that high on which considering that
She's really that prone with money then high chances that you would really be ending up with having this kind of actions. This is why it would really be that recommended that
you shouldnt really be that mixing up your gambling activity with your job because that will surely be that ending up on this kind of situation.

Those who are thieves/cheater has no country, no social, No nationality, no religion it can happen to anyone from any country, any society, any religion. And those ho are addicted might have lost their common sense basically which is good or not and those who have no basic common sense which is good or not may commit anything which is not ethical.

Prison is the best place for rehabilitation and punishment for a thief to fulfill their addiction, it is the best place he can feel today, however he needs to understand what remorse means and what trust means not to repeat the same mistake in the future.

If it is indeed common in your country, how to find or identify that someone has a severe gambling addiction, because maybe if we understand and understand the nature of people who are addicted to gambling it will be easy to identify them, so that companies can rest the workers from their jobs for rehabilitation, because it is true as what you said if it is allowed to happen the same thing continuously, can abuse authority, commit fraud just to be able to get money to cover the cost of gambling, it is very worrying if it is considered common in your country sir.

Yes, the employee should be in rehab because to be able to cure him of his gambling addiction, it is necessary before he makes the same mistakes after this case, but actually this has happened a lot in my country so it wouldn't be strange if there was theft and fraud committed. by financial services just to fulfill his gambling addiction, my friend once stole money from his office just to be able to finance his gambling, it is very clear that someone who is addicted to gambling should be rehabilitated and not allowed to work because that will be a misuse of his authority.

I think there may be other stories where other people might feel sorry for this case, but we have certainly seen a lot of things out there how someone who is addicted to gambling really harms himself, even other people, let alone relatives, you should never feel sorry because this is a disease that they have consciously committed to finance their gambling, I am sure that consciously they also know that their gambling addiction will harm them so they don't try to stop committing crimes that they shouldn't, so the only way is to stop their job and go to rehab. Relatives must support this so that the employee can be cured quickly. There are many gambling addicts who find it difficult to recover because there is no support from those closest to them.

She thinks that she is strategic already to target only dormant accounts which are also from old people but unfortunately she got busted out. Most addicts won't think of that but they just stole money right away, as long as they have the chance and some still got lucky to not get caught out. They should use those chance to change, especially if they won decently with those money.

Another good thing that they can do is to bring back the money that they stole and maybe add some interest on it. They can use a different identity if they are scared. They can as well donate something to the charity and other people or organizations that they think in-need of it.

The current banking system is very sophisticated. I don't know what the bank employee really thought that made him feel like he could beat the bank's system.
but from incidents like that, we can see how an addicted gambler can become very reckless in doing things that cross the line. The consequences of his actions will certainly receive appropriate recompense. This is proof that gambling addicts also harm other people. For those who are not mentally strong, it is better not to gamble.

Just get them an online account and check how they're doing. Set daily limits.
None of that will work though if the bank employee is the one stealing. They could change the amount you're withdrawing so that you get $1k but the account gets charged 10% more if they want to.
The deal is not to trust people too much, but if a bank is at fault it will usually return the money from insurance and then sue the employee to get back as much as it can.

Do you really think this act was as a cause of gambling addiction? I can remember then at my region someone intentionally did something wrong and term it as influence of alcohol therefore the case hold no meaning and he was forgiven. Usually anyone who did something out of influence of any hard substance be it alcohol or gambling may not be that effective while handling the case in court. To me the victim might be doing this for long time but after having caught up decided to lia against being a gambling using it as a defensive tools maybe who could be sent to rehabilitation.

The truth is certain that even if somehow bankers steal customer balances, they have actually forgotten that all their activities are monitored by CCTV and even though they carry out theft activities outside of duty hours, they will still be detected easily because the security of the bank system has been improved.

I actually didn't expect cases like this to be reported so often in newspapers, they are generally workers or bankers who manage money or treasurers in a company, they generally work in jobs with a nominal monthly salary above the average but unfortunately their gambling addiction has ruined their career because they will definitely be fired if the staff has sought funds for gambling.

When it comes to addiction then we do know that there would really be no age that would really be that on exemption and this is why it would really be that important that you should really
know on what are the things that you are dealing with and if you are really that a gambler then try to avoid to make yourself that getting addicted because on the moment that you would really be that hooked up too much with gambling then for sure you would really be doing things that you didnt tried out before. Yes, back on your head on which you do know that you are doing a crime but
on the moment that gambling urge would really be that kicking up so badly then you would really be ending up on doing that stuff. It would really be that not shocking that addicted gamblers
would really be going into that extent on trying out to make something that normal people wont do specially on making use of other peoples money without permission.
She deserves on getting imprisoned for that one.