Lloyds worker ‘forced’ to embezzle by dark web criminals

Dayne Lynn, 22, who worked on the Lloyds fraud team at Glasgow’s Atlantic Quay told Glasgow Sheriff Court that he had fallen prey to unknown individuals after becoming curious about the online underworld after watching a TV documentary.

The Lynn claimed he was ordered to swindle from two accounts and transfer cash to a mystery crime gang after his curiosity took him to an internet chat forum where he revealed personal details and information about his role at Lloyds.

He was given an 18-month community payback order at.

Lynn’s lawyer Ross Yuill told the court that the accused had become involved on the “dark web” after watching a Netflix documentary - believed to be “Dark Net”.

Lynn, from Irvine in North Ayrshire, pled guilty to embezzling and attempting to embezzle a total of £74,600 from Timothy Evans and Stuart Bryce’s accounts, while acting with others.

The court heard he was employed in the fraud operation department of the bank to deal with accounts that have been flagged for security reasons.

On July 18 2016, he began work at 08:00, but between 07:45 and 09:30 had accessed 19 customer accounts with no legitimate business reason.

Later that day another transfer was frozen because of suspected fraudulent activity.

All money was reversed by the bank so neither men nor the bank suffered any financial loss.

The court was told that Lynn had since been sacked by the bank following an internal investigation.

Sheriff Martin Jones QC gave Lynn a community payback order, during which he will carry out 240 hours unpaid work.

He was also placed under supervision and ordered to remain within his bail address between the hours of 20:00 and 07:00 for six months.