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FNB EMPLOYEE WANTED AS E2.8M DISAPPEARS

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MATSAPHA – Police are on a man-hunt for a First National Bank (FNB) employee, who is alleged to have stolen about E3 million belonging to the bank, in one day.

The employee, Thulani Nkambule (28), based at the Matsapha branch of the bank is alleged to have stolen the money and transferred it into three different accounts, two local ones and another in South Africa. The Fraud Unit is currently questioning possible witnesses over the incident, which has left everyone shocked, especially employees at the bank. The accused person, who is on top of the police wanted list, is a Supervisor for Consultants at the bank and recently won an award for ‘Best Performing Employee of the Year’ at the bank.

Information gathered is that the suspect, who is believed to have premeditated the theft reported for work on Friday as normal and was in his office the whole day, going about his daily duties. It was established that he allegedly transferred the money into the different accounts, one of them belonging to his distant brother.  It was also confirmed that the brother together with other witnesses were questioned yesterday at the Police Regional Headquarters. Nkambule allegedly committed the offence on Friday and on the following day, he never reported for work. He is also alleged to have withdrawn about E300 000 on Saturday in the country before escaping. Sources alleged the accused person left the country for South Africa while others said he was in Mozambique, however, the police are still conducting investigations. It was also gathered that another E300 000 was withdrawn from the South African account over the weekend by an unknown individual, whose account was used by the accused person while he was at this place of employment on Friday.

Missing

A well-placed source at the bank said officials there believed a total of E2.8 million was missing from the bank’s account. “Bank officials suspected that there was money missing on Saturday when the accused person failed to pitch for work. When they tried to contact him on his mobile phones, he could not be reached.” “His father also reported to the bank and said he was worried about his son, who never returned home on the Friday.” “The father also revealed that the accused person’s phones were off and he was worried about his safety as he had never disappeared from home,” the well-placed source, who preferred to speak on condition of anonymity, said. Other sources revealed that the incident was ‘crafty’ in that money was taken in different amounts and transferred to the other accounts to evade detection. When the alleged fraud was discovered, bank officials tried their best to block some of the transferred funds, especially those in foreign accounts. It was gathered that the remaining funds, which were withdrawn were still being tracked by the bank.


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