A crooked bank cashier in the heart of London's financial district who stole different customers' details eleven times - selling them to an accomplice for spending sprees - has dodged jail with a suspended sentence.
Disgraced Gary Paul Shale, 20, of Shrewsbury Street, North Kensington was eventually caught after swiping a lady customer's debit card after she left it in the branch's chip and pin machine.
He pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates' Court to defrauding the National Westminster Bank, New Bridge Street of £3,848.20 on October 2, last year.
Prosecutor Mrs Varinder Hayre told the court customer Catherine Doyle withdrew £50.00 at the counter, but after leaving her card behind Shale took it, swiped it and kept her details.
The customer's password was changed and card used to buy furniture, perfume and other items totaling thousands of pounds.
Shale was suspended by bosses on October 30 and arrested by police at home on December 9.
When quizzed he confessed to selling the card details for £200 to a man called 'Ty' at a railway station and doing it on ten previous occasions, pocketing a total of £1500.
Shale's lawyer Mr. Kingsley Nwokolo said: "This was a foolish action by a young man who had everything going for him and has lost a lot.
"He was pressurised, misguided, misled and exploited by friends and is full of remourse and regret for the shame he has brought on his family."
Shales, currently studying for a marketing degree at Roehampton University was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, suspended for twelve months', ordered to perform 100 hours community service and must pay £1,000 compensation within three years.
Afterwards Detective Constable Ian Whiting of the City of London Police's Cheque and Credit Card Unit said: "This is an excellent result for the woman victim whose personal details were violated."
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