A gambling addict employed by a gaming company was jailed on Friday after being found guilty of diverting players’ money to his accounts.
Tobias Stuvel, a 31-year-old German national engaged as a customer service agent with a local branding and marketing firm in 2017, was investigated by police after his superiors suspected foul play in 2018.
It all started when one of their clients, a UK-based company offering lottery and gaming products, informed them that one of its customers had reported he did not receive the funds he had requested to be withdrawn.
That report triggered internal checks by the local company which pointed to the accused, one of four employees involved in carrying out the necessary verification process to effect payments.
It turned out that the accused had devised a scheme to alter player bank data to divert funds into his own bank accounts.
A transactions list showed that the accused had allegedly defrauded 29 customers over a span of five months out of a total of €39,015.39, most of which was spent on daily purchases and rent.
But the lion’s share was channelled to an online casino where the accused spent hundreds and later thousands of euros daily.
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