A Santander bank worker who helped hackers in a bid to steal more than £1.25m is facing jail today.
Personal advisor Tola Ore, 32, fitted a high-tech device to her desktop computer which allowed fraudsters to take control of the workstation from outside the bank in Palmers Green in north London.
The Old Bailey heard that Ore attached a keyboard video mouse (KVM) to her computer allowing the unknown criminals to steal money electronically from the bank. The gang attempted to deposit £1,274,000 into 12 different bank accounts over the course of one morning on July 23, 2013.
Another member of staff spotted the suspicious transaction before the full amount could be transferred so the bank's losses here stopped at £147,678.
Eight-months pregnant Ore was due to stand trial this week, but yesterday admitted her part in the scam.
She claimed the masterminds of the fraud had threatened her then two-year-old daughter and warned her: ‘We are going to put you in the coffin.’
Judge Richard Marks QC, the Common Serjeant of London, is due to sentence Ore later this morning.Edmund Fowler, prosecuting, said the scam was spotted on July 23 2013 after more than £1.25m was deposited into 12 Santander bank accounts before the branch’s opening time, sparking an investigation and search of the premises.
Ore had worked for the bank for six years and had her own office by the time of the fraud.
Mr Fowler said: ‘Analysis revealed a device capable of providing remote access had been fitted through one of the USB ports on her computer.
‘It was Ms Ore who was the only one who had access to the computer at the time the device was fitted and she was the only person to have left the branch prior to the search.’
An audit revealed the fraudulent deposits had been made from Ore’s computer.
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