In Krasnoyarsk, a bank employee embezzled more than 1.3 million rubles from a pensioner’s account

The prosecutor's office of the Oktyabrsky district of Krasnoyarsk sent a criminal case to court against a 37-year-old personal manager of one of the largest banks, who embezzled money from the card of her premium client for more than a year.

According to information from the regional supervisory agency, the bank employee worked with retired spouses for several years. She knew that the client had poor eyesight, her husband carried a smartphone, and the pensioner herself completely relied on her.

In the summer of 2024, a woman invited an elderly couple to the branch to “re-register the deposit.” I took my husband’s phone, entered the application and transferred 80 thousand rubles to my friend’s account. She, not suspecting a catch, withdrew the money in cash and returned it to the sender. Later the operation was repeated several more times. As a result, more than 1.3 million rubles disappeared from pensioners’ accounts.

According to the victim’s testimony, one day she noticed that the manager was strangely crumpling an account statement in his hand, which the pensioner refused to take. However, the bank employee took advantage of the fact that the client did not see details on the smartphone screen.

When the security service identified suspicious transactions, the manager came to the pensioners' home. She pressed for pity that she had three children and one of them was sick, persuaded her to tell the security service that they supposedly knew the girl to whom they made transfers, and also offered money for silence. But the pensioners refused.

As a result, the bank branch told pensioners that the personal manager was spending their money on her own needs. By that time, the employee had already managed to confess to investigators and pay off the damage.

The prosecutor's office approved the charge of theft from a bank account on an especially large scale (clause “b”, part 4 of article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The accused admitted guilt. The case has been sent to court.

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