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The Herald reports that a 35-year-old woman has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for a meticulously orchestrated fraud scheme involving the unlawful access and manipulation of a customer’s banking profile.
The Gqeberha Regional Court found Lusanda Gloria Qose, a former sales and service consultant at First National Bank at Pier 14, guilty of fraud, cyberfraud and the unlawful use of a customer’s credentials in early 2024. The complainant, Mlungwana Maranti, held an Encore account linked to a Money Maximiser account and a registered cellphone number used for authorising transactions via FNB’s inContact system. Qose unlawfully changed his cellphone number on the bank’s system using her employee credentials, diverting all one-time password authorisations to herself without the complainant’s knowledge or consent. She created a second bank card linked to the complainant’s accounts, which she used to transfer funds from the Money Maximiser account to the Encore account and conducted multiple ATM withdrawals over three months. These fraudulent transactions resulted in a total loss of R245,000. The bank refunded the complainant and absorbed the financial loss. The court found Qose’s actions were premeditated and sophisticated, involving multiple system breaches over an extended period. She pleaded guilty to all charges, citing financial distress as her motive.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at TimesLIVE
- Read too, Bank employee gets five years in jail for fraud and cybercrime, at The Citizen
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