Bank employee from Kyiv is suspected of misappropriating money of deceased clients

In Kyiv, a 35-year-old bank employee was served with a notice of suspicion of embezzling more than UAH 500,000 from the accounts of deceased clients. This was reported by the press services of Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office and National Police.

According to the prosecutor's office, the woman worked as a premium banking expert at one of the capital's commercial banks.

The investigation found that during 2020-2021, she logged into the accounts of deceased clients and changed the phone numbers linked to the accounts to her own. She then transferred the money to her own accounts.

So far, police have documented six similar cases. The total amount of losses is about UAH 500,000.

The prosecutor's office noted that the woman did not transfer money from the clients' accounts all at once, but in installments, starting with the amount of UAH 10,000-20,000, in order not to attract attention.

It was established that the woman had worked for five different banks over the past five years. Investigations into her possible involvement in similar frauds involving other clients' accounts are currently underway.

The bank employee was served a notice of suspicion under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 3 of Article 190 (fraud), Part 1 of Article 200 (illegal actions with payment documents) and Part 1 of Article 362 (unauthorized interference with computer systems).

The articles provide for up to five years in prison.

• On September 15, it became known that one of the largest Australian banks, ANZ, would pay a record fine for collection of fees from deceased clients' accounts.