A NatWest bank branch manager who stole £344,000 from cash machines over eight years has been spared jail.
John Toms, 44, stole the enormous sum from ATMs at the Moorgate branch in the City of London where he had exclusive access.
Between January 2016 and April 2024 he withdrew sums of money, covering his tracks by forging colleagues' signatures, falsifying records, and even creeping in to the branch early to move money back in to cash registers which were checked daily.
Following an internal investigation Toms admitted to stealing cash to fund his gambling addiction, Southwark Crown Court heard.
Alexander Matic, prosecuting, said: 'He worked with NatWest from 2003 to 2023. He was in a senior role ... he was on a salary of £47,000 per year when he departed.'
