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Barclays bank workers jailed for £1.3m fraud Barclays bank workers jailed for £1.3m fraud
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Two Barclays bank workers have been jailed at Birmingham Crown Court for a £1.3m fraud of three elderly customers.Two Barclays bank workers have been jailed at Birmingham Crown Court for a £1.3m fraud of three elderly customers.
Karl Edwards, 44, who worked at Barclays in Birmingham, and Andrew Waters, 26, based at a Croydon branch, were each sentenced to five years.Karl Edwards, 44, who worked at Barclays in Birmingham, and Andrew Waters, 26, based at a Croydon branch, were each sentenced to five years.
Joseph Murphy, 36, from Carshalton, Surrey, and Nathan Denton, 37, from Water Orton, Staffordshire, were also jailed. All four men admitted fraud. They used inside knowledge to pose as the relations of account-holders of customers who held dormant accounts.
The court heard Murphy and Denton helped to move the money offshore. Two other men, who were not Barclays employees, helped to move the money offshore. All four men admitted fraud.
Neither man worked for Barclays. Joseph Murphy, 36, from Carshalton, Surrey, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison, and Nathan Denton, 37, from Water Orton, Staffordshire, got four and a half years.
Dormant accounts
Murphy was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison, and Denton to four and a half years.
The court heard that Waters had identified two large accounts, held by customers in their 80s, that had been dormant for a number of years.The court heard that Waters had identified two large accounts, held by customers in their 80s, that had been dormant for a number of years.
Edwards then used his more senior position to help set up access.Edwards then used his more senior position to help set up access.
The men then posed as relations of the account holders, using fake passports and false bank accounts. 'Slickly run'
The men then posed as relations of the account-holders, using fake passports and false bank accounts, the court heard.
About £900,000 was removed from a joint account held by a couple, while £400,000 was taken from an account held by a woman.About £900,000 was removed from a joint account held by a couple, while £400,000 was taken from an account held by a woman.
Only £51,000 has been recovered.Only £51,000 has been recovered.
The prosecution said the operation was "slickly run and rapidly achieved".The prosecution said the operation was "slickly run and rapidly achieved".
The court heard how Murphy and Waters had helped move the money "rapidly offshore".The court heard how Murphy and Waters had helped move the money "rapidly offshore".
Det Con Simon Hughes from the Economic Crime Team said the men had been arrested in May 2006, although Murphy had breached the terms of his bail and fled the country.
He was re-arrested in May 2010 at Los Angeles Airport.
Det Con Hughes said: "The bankers deliberately targeted elderly wealthy victims who rarely checked their bank accounts. One victim had not been to the bank for over 20 years.
"The bankers used their position of trust and access to confidential customer information as a vital link in the fraud."