Dear Editor,
My experiences in dealing with banks have left me to wonder whether some bank staff are in cahoots with bandits in certain instances. Just recently a customer left the bank with over two million dollars, only to be followed home and robbed in broad daylight by three bandits.
Years ago I had the experience of noticing a teller pointing out a customer who had just transacted business which she dealt with on behalf of the bank. She pointed out the person to someone who was standing in the bank as a customer, as were others. This was some time during the mid-eighties, and the bank was the Co-op bank at the corner of Cornhill Street. In those days the lines in banks were very long, and the waiting was interminable. Banks were usually crowded especially during the latter part of the month.
I am reluctant to believe that we have anyone of dubious intentions working in our banks. Thank God we have cameras that can detect any suspicious actions or gestures that can compromise the confidentiality of bank business.
Our security system must be empowered to find out how some people become rich overnight, and what they can afford to purchase in spite of them being wage-earners. It is not a case where only certain categories of state employees must declare their assets. I think this also applies where the common man is involved.
We must know which aunt in the USA sent money to purchase a car or open a big business, etc.
Is money laundering only attached to drug runnings? What about blood money? Is this not also used to open and operate legitimate business? Much wealth earned through robbing, killing, etc, is blighting our country as a whole. Some riches are acquired by bribery and threats on the part of those who are supposed to be the watchdogs and the keepers of law and order.
It is indeed sad to know that honesty hardly ever makes one rich, while truth is challenged at every step when money means everything.
Yours faithfully,
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