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A Natwest manager who skimmed £185,000 from pensioners' funds to help fuel his online poker addiction has been sentenced to 15 months prison time.
Glenn Mason managed a bank branch in Kent for many years before the improprieties were uncovered.
All stolen funds were transferred directly into his online poke account, including those of an 83-year-old woman and 92-year-old man.
He attempted to cover up his crime by transferring money using the identity of two of his colleagues, Julie Jeffrey, 50, and James Cato, 35, both of whom were fired and charged with fraud.
At the time of Mason’s sentencing, Judge Simon Farrell QC offered the following:
"You are of previous good character and someone who has suffered considerable personal tragedy.
"Your wife suffered from cancer in 2005 and your son at only 19 went to Afghanistan to fight for his country and was the victim of an improvised explosive device that caused him very serious injury.
"I accept this caused you to develop a serious gambling addiction which was in fact the root cause of stealing the money from customers."
- Ace King, Gambling911.com
