Bank fraud investigator helped himself

A fraud investigator at a bank saw so many false claims being paid that he decided to take £70,000 for himself, a court heard. Josh Whitley, 20, put through 39 fake claims after he and Daniel Hanlon, 22, came up with the plot over a pint in a Liverpool pub. Hanlon gave him the names of 21 people who would pose as fraud victims and took a cut himself. But Whitley escaped jail after Inner London Crown Court heard he…