Robin Hood banker receives a suspended sentence

wudangclan

A german bank employee who transferred money from rich clients accouints to assist poorer clients today received a 22 month suspended jail term.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8376532.stm


A German bank employee who secretly transferred money from rich to poor clients has been given a 22-month suspended prison term. The 62-year-old woman, dubbed the 'Robin Hood Banker', moved more than $11m (£7m) in 117 transfers.
The court in Bonn was told that the employee, who has not been named, took no money for herself.
The bank made a loss of more than $1.5m (£1m) when poor customers were unable to pay back unauthorised overdrafts.
The employee was accused of allowing overdrafts for customers who would not normally qualify for them.
Small pension
She then used the money from richer customers to temporarily disguise the loans during the bank's monthly audit of overdrafts.
The woman has begun reimbursing the bank for the losses, reportedly from a small retirement pension.
She could have faced a four-year prison sentence, but the court decided on leniency as she had confessed immediately and did not profit personally.
The woman was also considered to have suffered enough, through the loss of her job and the requirement that she pay back the lost funds.


Which just goes to show some bankers have a heart.

genericguy

she's still a fcuking criminal, she should have gone to prison.

genericguy

genericguy wrote: »

she's still a fcuking criminal, she should have gone to prison.

Come on, it's Robin Hood like.. She's a hero.

My name is URL

I wonder how much she has to pay back... if it's the full million then that's punishment enough

opinion guy

Legend.
She screwed the banks at their own game. The townsfolk should start a fund for her.

Bob_Harris

I don't get the Robin Hood love.

Why do the poor deserve free money?

They are poor for a reason, i.e. inept at making money.

wudangclan

My name is URL wrote: »

I wonder how much she has to pay back... if it's the full million then that's punishment enough

They're withholding her pension to cover the 1.1 million euros.
She now has to survive on 1000 euros amonth for her and her mother.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,663024,00.html
Fair play to her for doing it and I hope someone gives her a dig-out.
She deserves it.

sunnyjim

Em, she didn't really screw the banks, mate. She stole from peoples accounts.

wudangclan

sunnyjim wrote: »

Em, she didn't really screw the banks, mate. She stole from peoples accounts.

It's all paid back.No-one got screwed.

Le King

Unbelievable story.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

genericguy wrote: »

she's still a fcuking criminal, she should have gone to prison.

Don't you mean death penalty by chemical castration and all the other wonderul punishments people cream up around here the moment a conviction takes place and beofre they'e done ANY research...?

genericguy

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Don't you mean death penalty by chemical castration and all the other wonderul punishments people cream up around here the moment a conviction takes place and beofre they'e done ANY research...?

no, she's quite clearly been caught stealing from people. it doesn't matter that she was stealing from people who could afford it. at that rate, why would anyone bother to better themselves if it meant they were allowed to be robbed?

My name is URL

She didn't really steal anything, she just rearranged where the digital money was temporarilly to help people out

genericguy

My name is URL wrote: »

She didn't really steal anything

misappropriation of funds is much uglier.

My name is URL

genericguy wrote: »

misappropriation of funds is much uglier.

If it was a 20 something year old douche-bag spending it on flash cars and women it'd be ugly, but when it's a 64 year old woman doing it for altruistic reasons it's nowhere nearly as bad imo

Liam Byrne

Bob_Harris wrote: »

I don't get the Robin Hood love.

Why do the poor deserve free money?

They are poor for a reason, i.e. inept at making money.

Not in this country, anyway.

Here, the poor are poor because the rich are inept at hanging on to their money, so FF does a reverse (perverse) Robin Hood for them!

Feeky Magee

Bob_Harris wrote: »

I don't get the Robin Hood love.

Why do the poor deserve free money?

They are poor for a reason, i.e. inept at making money.

docdolittle

The money was just resting in there accounts!