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AIB HAS INFORMED the Gardaí of a possible fraud involving the theft of up to €5m from customer accounts taken from a former employee of Anglo Irish Bank.
It is understood that the money may have been taken in small amounts from a number of customer accounts by a former senior executive at Anglo, deposits from which were transferred to AIB in February.
AIB was informed about the potential fraud by a customer who spotted an irregularity in a deposit account.
RTÉ said the senior official may have perpetrated the fraud by moving cash between accounts to ensure that any funds were available for customers whenever they were needed.
RTÉ and newspapers say it is their understanding that the official is now deceased.
AIB said its customers would not suffer any financial loss, and that it would absorb any potential losses itself.
The Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations is working on the investigation with both Anglo and AIB, and the Central Bank has been informed.
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Why am I not surprised in the slightest?
Should there not be a few more zero’s there?…….
This doesn’t surprise me, but honestly, is there no end to this? How many more are to be discovered before we get to the bottom of this? And how many, probably none, will ever be prosecuted??
Nothing will happen to whoever is responsible
because he is dead….
Wow. The Dead-Man-Did-It Defence. Where have we heard that before?
Justice must be served. Dig him up and imprison him.
How much do you want bet the surname is Fitzpatrick?
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