Walsall bank worker swindled £12k from customers' accounts
A bank worker swindled nearly £12,000 from customers by siphoning money from their accounts into her own.
Anisha Safri transferred funds 14 times while working for Santander in Park Street, Walsall, the town's magistrates court was told.
Between December 1 last year and July, she racked up a total of £11,800 in personal payments from customers.
The 28-year-old, of Parkes Street, Willenhall, pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position.
Prosecutor, Ms Kelly Crowe, said: "The defendant was employed at Santander.
"She has abused her position of trust and made 14 fraudulent transactions from customer accounts without authorisation, transferring money into her own bank account. The sum totalled £11,800."
The prosecutor said the severity of the offence placed the crime in a sentencing bracket ranging from a prison sentence of 26 weeks to three years.
Santander became aware of her actions and reported her to West Midlands Police, she was arrested on July 22. Santander said that no customers suffered permanent financial loss as a result of her actions.
A Santander spokeswoman said: "No customers have lost out financially because of Ms Safri's actions."
West Midlands Police stated that although she was charged in relation to an eight-month period, it is thought the transactions were made in December.
A spokeswoman said: "The report came through to us from the bank.
"The bank did their own work into what had happened then presented it to us."
Magistrates committed the case for sentence at Wolverhampton Crown Court on September 28.
A pre-sentence report is being prepared for the hearing. She was granted unconditional bail.
Safri, who no longer works at the firm, admitted she had 'made a mistake'.
