A former winner of ITV's The Chase stole £53,000 from the bank accounts of dead people.
Daniel Hodgin used his inside knowledge of the banking system at Halifax to steal thousands of pounds from the estates of customers who had died. The finance consultant abused his position while working at the bank on Hough Lane in Leyland, Lancashire, to help himself to money which was not his, reports LancsLive.
The 47-year-old transferred cash between the accounts of a number of dead customers and siphoned payments into his own account. It was also heard at Preston Crown Court that Hodgin even duplicated a payment for funeral expenses to pay himself £4,500.
