A man who won a share of £14,000 when he appeared on ITV game show The Chase began to live 'beyond his means' and started to use inside knowledge of the banking system to steal more than £53,000 from dead people. Daniel Hodgin, 47, abused his position at the Halifax to steal money, reports LancsLive.
He transferred cash between the accounts of a number of dead customers and siphoned payments into his own account, even duplicating a payment for funeral expenses to pay himself £4,500.
Preston Crown Court heard Hodgin, of Boundary Street, Leyland, had been 'living beyond his means' for a number of years. In 2017 he appeared on ITVs The Chase and won a share of £14,000.
