JEDDAH, 12 August 2005 — A local bank employee used the old trick of “skimming” accounts to accumulate money, Okaz newspaper reported. The bank employee managed to gather more than SR100,000 from rich account holders in a very short time. He would deposit large amounts of money — minus SR50 or less — thinking that they would not notice the small amount. In a short time, he was better off to the tune of SR100,000. One client, a Saudi millionaire discovered that his deposit in the bank was SR3 short. When he contacted bank officials, they traced the three riyals and noticed that it had been transferred to a separate account and thus exposed the thief. He was forced to return the money to account owners and fired the same day.