Bank worker cleared of £466,000 fraud

Bank worker cleared of £466,000 fraud "FORMER Bolton bank worker accused of being involved in a fraud worth almost half-amillion pounds has walked free from court after he was cleared by a jury.<br /> <br /> Mian Rashid was working at the Derby Street branch of NatWest when he opened two accounts for customers which turned out to be fraudulent, Manchester Crown Court heard yesterday.<br /> <br /> Rashid, aged 31, of Rashcliffe Hill Road, Huddersfield, said he did not know the documents used to open the accounts were fraudulent and that he was just doing his job.<br /> <br /> Following a month-long trial the jury yesterday accepted Rashid’s explanation and he was found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud.<br /> <br /> But his co-defendants, Fawad Ahmed and Saalih Ahmed, were both found guilty of the same charge."

Bank worker cleared of £466,000 fraud

Bank worker cleared of £466,000 fraud "FORMER Bolton bank worker accused of being involved in a fraud worth almost half-amillion pounds...

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