“The two suspects received a total of SR9 million to feed into ATM machines located inside shopping malls and on streets belonging to a local bank. When the suspects reviewed the bank’s treasury deposit paper, they discovered that only SR8 million was accounted for on paper, while SR1 million was omitted by mistake,” said spokesman for Jeddah police Brig. Misfer Al-Juaid.

Al-Juaid said that the suspects were quick to realize the bank’s mistake, and figured out to take the extra million to share it between themselves without the bank staff’s knowledge.

Meanwhile, bank clerks, upon reviewing their own records, were able to find out about their mistake of one million riyals. When the two security suspects arrived back to the bank, bank staff confronted them with their finding. However, both security guards denied any knowledge of a mistake and told the bank employees they had received only what had been stated on the paper.

“Bank officials contacted the police, which led to an immediate investigation on the matter. Investigators were able to find strong indications on the suspects’ involvement in stealing the money. Police investigation led to the house of one of the suspects, who was arrested when SR990,000 was found inside the house. The other culprit was also arrested, and the money seized by the police was handed over to the bank,” said Brig. Al-Juaid.

According to Al-Juaid, the suspects had already divided and used SR10,000 between both of them. The police are working out to get this amount back to the bank.