Barclays chairman has identity stolen

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

By    Iain Thomson
14 January 2008 02:47PM

"Marcus Agius, the chairman of UK-based Barclays Bank, has had £10,000 stolen by an identity thief.

The fraudster gathered enough personal information on Agius to convince a call centre employee to send out a 
replacement Barclaycard in his name.
The thief took the card to a high street branch of the bank and withdrew £10,000.

"It was down to human error. Procedures were not followed fully and we have learned from it," Barclaycard told the BBC."
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More at
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/68062,barclays-chairman-has-identity-stolen.aspx

Barclays.com > Media Centre  > Executive Biographies:
http://www.newsroom.barclays.co.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=763&NewsAreaID=1

Juha-Matti

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