Santander manager swindled vulnerable clients of £179k

A Santander manager is facing jail for defrauding ‘elderly and vulnerable customers’ out of £179,900. Charlotte Mills, 33, admitted pilfering tens of thousands of pounds while employed as a customer service manager by the bank between 20 June 2015 and 1 December 2019. She made unauthorised withdrawals from customers’ accounts while ‘swapping and changing’ money between the accounts to hide her fraud, Inner London Crown Court heard. Peter Lancaster, prosecuting, said: ‘The fraudulent activity involved more than the loss of…