A pregnant Nigerian born Santander bank worker who helped hackers in a bid to steal more than £1.25m is facing jail in the UK.
Personal advisor Tola Ore, 32, was alleged to have fitted a high-tech device to her desktop computer which allowed fraudsters to take control of the workstation from outside the bank in Palmers Green in north London.
The Old Bailey heard that Ore attached a keyboard video mouse (KVM) to her computer allowing the unknown criminals to steal money electronically from the bank.
The gang attempted to deposit £1,274,000 into 12 different bank accounts over the course of one morning on July 23, 2013.
Another member of staff spotted the suspicious transaction before the full amount could be transferred so the bank's losses here stopped at £147,678.
Eight-months pregnant Ore was due to stand trial this week, but yesterday admitted her part in the scam.
She claimed the masterminds of the fraud had threatened her then two-year-old daughter and warned her: ‘We are going to put you in the coffin.’
