Crime sometimes DOES pay !

Many years ago in the early 80's and as a young teller I had a rather drunk nurse come and draw a substantial amount out of her savings account.
I remembered the incident and the name of the person involved and about a year later there was a headline article about a person of the same name who had been convicted of fraud and theft. Apparently what had happened was that she had slept with a gentleman and stolen a few cheques out of the back of his cheque book. With these cheques she had stolen money out of his account which obviously went into her account BUT she also purchased Kruger Rands with one of the cheques.

By the time the court case was wound up and the plaintiff had received the Kruger Rands back they had increased substantially in value making it an excellent investment at the time. Fortunately it worked out well for the man who had been screwed over ...literally , AND he was rewarded for his efforts !

Swallowed Stamp

Many years ago in the Adderley street Branch a Securities custodian in his wisdom licked a revenue stamp to place thi son a suretyship. In his enthusiasm he swallowed the R20 revenue stamp which caused a dilemma as the revenue stamp value had to balance with the register.

It was suggested, in the light that he had swallowed the stamp, that he pass an entry :-)

Mistaken Identity

Having been in the banking profession for the last 20 odd years we all have amusing stoires to tell about incidents etc. Obviously confidentiality needs to be assured but the stories, some urban legend, make for intersting reading.

I'll kick off with a story which I still find amusing in that while a HR Manager I had a teller who did not feel well. Instead of letting him go home and I would be at a loss as resourcing is always a problem I sent him to the pharmacy to get some over the counter medication. A few days later I saw him taking Triphasil in the rest room ( for those that don't know- it is a contraceptive pill for women) and he told me that the pharmacist had given this to him. I knew there was problem and phoned the pharmacist and we both had a good chuckle as the previous customer had forgotten to take her packet and the cashier had put RF medication in the same packet so he thought it was meant for him as well.

At least I was sure he wasn't going to fall pregnant !!