A bank employee who stole more than £150,000 from the account of an elderly man with dementia has been jailed

Issachar Stainrod-Holness was working at the HSBC branch in Bayswater when he transferred money on various dates to an account in his name.

The 23-year-old was given an 18-month sentence at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday (July 25) after he pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by abuse of position.

Police say between December 2014 and April 2016, Stainrod-Holness, from Old Hospital Close, Balham, accessed the victim’s bank account, whilst working at HSBC in Bayswater, transferring money into another account.

He then opened a telephone banking account in the victim’s name, changing the telephone number to his own.

In total he transferred £156,700 to his own account.

The offences were spotted by the victim’s wife, after her husband died.

She subsequently alerted the bank who called in police.

DC Stephen Westlake, the investigating officer from FALCON, the Met’s response to Fraud and Linked Crime Online , said: “Stainrod-Holness shamefully plundered the victim’s account and it is tragic that the victim died before Stainrod-Holness could be brought to justice.”

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