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Philippines call centre worker stole Australian Citibank customer details for Sydney crime gang, police say

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Dissent

Nick Ralston reports:

An overseas call centre employee allegedly collected banking details of Australian Citibank customers and sold them to a Sydney crime syndicate, which then used the details to defraud the customers of more than $1 million, police say.

Police allege the worker, employed by a firm in the Philippines that carries out customer relations for a number of Australian-based companies, collected banking information, passwords and personal details for the syndicate.

Read more on SMH.


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