Banker discovered the loophole – took out million at midnight

the Banker was the manager at the bank Huaxias technical development department in Beijing. He discovered the gap in the security in november 2016 and then did a withdrawal of between 5,000 and 20,000 yuan, the 6700-27.000 sek, from an account that the bank used to test their system.

In January 2018, he had transferred over seven million yuan to a private account, but to talk about it to their superiors, reports the Hongkongtidningen South China Morning Post.

the man said to the bank that he tested the system, that the money just resting in his account and that he would bring them back.

the Bank accepted the explanation. It stated that the man certainly violated the formal rules, but asked the police to drop the case by referring specifically to the fact that he examined a loophole in the bank's security system.

had the programmer, however, had time to invest in the shares.

But before he was arrested by police in march last year, he had paid back the money to the bank. It was not enough to let him go free, according to the court, which in december sentenced him to ten years in prison.

In January stated, the judgment of a court of appeal.