Bank employee leaked card details to fraudsters: over 100 people were defrauded

A former bank employee who transferred data from clients' cards will appear in court  

According to the investigation, in March 2023, an acquaintance approached the bank employee in Chuguiv, who offered her «cooperation». Yes, she had to give her husband the card details of people who are clients of this bank, whose last name and first name he sent her in the messenger. The woman agreed to this. 

At the same time, the bank employee signed a non-disclosure agreement on the data obtained during her work, but this did not stop her from carrying out unauthorized sales of information with limited access. 

Later, her acquaintance used these data as a password to log into her personal online banking account and withdraw money from there. 

Law enforcement officers established that the bank employee had transferred the card details of more than 100 clients, among whom were internally displaced persons from Donetsk and Luhansk regions. 

Law enforcement officers The perpetrator was exposed. She was fired from her job. 

The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office approved and sent to court an indictment against a citizen for the unauthorized sale of information with limited access stored in electronic computers, committed by a group of persons in a preliminary conspiracy (Part 2 of Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). 

The accused will be tried in the Chuguiv City Court of the Kharkiv Region. The sanction of the article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of two to five years. 

Currently, other persons involved in the said criminal proceedings are being identified.  

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116