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Alan McEwan & Sian Traynor

Edinburgh bank worker dodges jail after stealing £36k to fund gambling addiction

A crooked bank worker who swindled £36,000 in a foreign currency scam to fund his football gambling addiction has dodged a jail term.

David Hay was employed as a financial investigator with HSBC when he cheated a group of pals out of the huge sum.

The 42-year-old carried out the fraud to allow him to bet “as much money as possible” online, a court heard.

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