A bank worker supposed to be protecting customers from scams sold their account details to criminals who splashed out on Rolex watches, luxury holidays and jewellery. Bilal Abbas, who worked for Santander’s anti-fraud unit, stole the confidential details and passed them on as part of a £90,000 racket, a court heard yesterday. The court heard Abbas started working for Santander in October 2010. He would collect them or get Hamilton-Thomas to.’The court heard the men used the details of 21 customers and targeted 13 UK businesses. The jeweller became concerned after Hamilton-Thomas visited the store three days in a row to buy Rolex watches worth more than £14,000.

Source: Daily Mail February 17, 2021 22:02 UTC