article_snippet: Natwest Matthew Parkhouse asked a string of account holders for the security digits on the backs of their cards when Matthew Parkhouse didn't need their for legitimate banking purposes.
article_snippet: Manchester Crown Court heard how Matthew Parkhouse was employed at the bank’s call centre in Manchester between April 2012 and March 2014 - where Matthew Parkhouse was responsible for dealing with customer accounts queries over the phone .
article_snippet: Matthew Parkhouse was rumbled in December 2013 after Matthew Parkhouse own bank - Barclays - became suspicious that Matthew Parkhouse savings had shot up.
article_snippet: Parkhouse, 30, of Hulme, Manchester had set up a business account he held in the name of 'Megabyte Software', two months before Matthew Parkhouse began the frauds.
article_snippet: Prosecutor Lindsay Thomas said: 'It transpired that part of that agreement with Barclays involved allowing customers to process card payments without customers being present - so long as all the card details, including the three digits on the back of the card - were presented.'
article_snippet: When Barclays examined the transactions Barclays found out Barclays had come from six different bank cards - all issued to NatWest, where Parkhouse worked.
article_snippet: Two days after Barclays became suspicious, Parkhouse went into the Stockport branch of Barclays and withdrew £6,000 in cash.
article_snippet: Parkhouse blamed another 'rogue' employee for the frauds when quizzed by bosses, but Parkhouse was the only member of staff to have accessed all six of the victims' accounts and transcripts revealed Parkhouse had asked for the only member of staff to have accessed all six of the victims' accounts and transcripts security digits.
article_snippet: ’s call centre in Manchester between April 2012 and March 2014 and would ask account holders for account holders three digit security pin without a legitimate reason .
article_snippet: Kate Harney, defending, said the offence had 'naive' characteristics, adding: 'This is a young man who set up a business account in Parkhouse own name, to Parkhouse own address, and there was a very clear audit trail within the bank. '
article_snippet: Detective Constable Laura Watson, of GMP's Fraud Investigation Team, said: 'Parkhouse was employed by NatWest and placed in a position of trust, dealing with customer accounts. '
highlights_snippet: Matthew Parkhouse, of Manchester, was employed at Natwest call centre .
  
highlights_snippet: Asked string of account holders for security digits on back of account holders for security digits cards .
  