Detectives assigned to the Fraud Squad have charged a 35-year-old marketing officer for allegedly stealing 2.6 million dollars from the accounts of customers of a financial institution in Kingston.

Dianne Thompson of Annandale Close, Pembroke Hall in Kingston 20 is charged with access with intent to commit an offence, unauthorised access to computer data, simple larceny and engaging in a transaction involving criminal property.

It is reported that she swindled $2,603,000 from 25 customer accounts and transferred it to an account she had control of between January 1 and June 20, 2024.

A report was made to the police following the discovery of the fraud and an investigation was launched.

Thompson was subsequently taken into custody and charged.

She is scheduled to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on August 5.

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