RM2 million Stolen: Bank staff transferred money to 11 accounts before dying
25/07/2024 
Songlap RM2 million: Bank staff transferred money to 11 accounts before dying
Ramli said the money involved was withdrawn from three customer fixed savings accounts involving 108 transactions from February 14, 2023 to June 24. - Image file
KUALA LUMPUR: A female bank employee in Kuala Kangsar, Perak, who died on July 5, was able to transfer fixed savings belonging to customers she believed to have stolen amounting to more than RM2 million to 11 different accounts.
Director of the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (JSJK), Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the money involved was withdrawn from three customers' fixed savings accounts involving 108 transactions from 14 February 2023 to 24 June.
"The money was transferred to 11 accounts belonging to acquaintances, relatives other than the company and was found to have been used by them.
"Investigations are still being conducted, including against the owner of the account involved, according to Section 408 of the Penal Code," he said in a press conference at Menara KPJ here on Friday.
On July 12, Sinar Harian reported that the loss of money masterminded by the 37-year-old bank employee was revealed after a report was received by them on July 9.
The staff's activities were only discovered when the two owners of the fixed savings account involved came to the bank to withdraw money from the fixed savings account on June 27.
After a check was made, it was found that some of their fixed savings account certificates had been closed.
Based on an investigation by the bank, one of their employees is suspected of having withdrawn the money which was then deposited into several different accounts.
However, the staff member who is also the main suspect in this case died on July 5