Ex-bank employee arrested for stealing ¥52 mil; blames it on stress

Hopefully prison life will be less stressful for her.

That excuse was pathetic. She should have said she was drunk.

Well, clothes shopping will do it every time.

There’s gonna be a lot more stress for her now isn’t there!

just the tip of the iceberg! I believe there is a thousand bankers like that. watch OUT

Just say the computer was broken,

the mouse and keyboard where moving by themselves.

Police said Ichinoseki has admitted to the charge and quoted her as saying she stole the money to spend on clothes and overseas trips because of pent-up stress.

She forgot Rule Number One: The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One

BungleToday 05:06 pm JST

Did she keep the financial records in myembezzle.xlsx?

Yup and she kept it printed inside her passbook along with her cash card.

Hello..... we all have stressful jobs too. but we don't steal ! Stupid woman.

..and winner of Darwin prize of 2021 is...Haruyo Ichinoseki

That prize can be awarded only to people that died because of own stupidity before being able to procreate. I'm afraid petty criminals do not qualify. She'll spend sometime making cheap household items in a prison, that's all.

I hope the clothes she bought are fabulous for prison.

Well that was my laugh out loud for the day!

One of the best and daftest excuses I have heard for a long time :)

She bought herself a fancy prison wardrobe, and the stress she bought will give her a nice long vacation trip to the pen.

Wow.

Hilarious, Funny, Smart, and Stupid. must have watched wall street movie.

Stress????!!!! Well do what I do. Yoga!

￥52 picked up randomly when leaving a bar, stress. 52 million over some years? :-)

There are much better ways to relieve stress than stealing 52 mill...

I think he mistaken greed for stress.

Just when you thought that you have heard every excuse under the sun, a new / creative one pops up. Greed got the better of her for sure.

a prison uniform rest of life

she stole the money to spend on clothes and overseas trips because of pent-up stress.

PS4 has some games to help relieve stress! And it won't cost 52mil yen.

bokudaFeb. 9  04:26 pm JST

Just say the computer was broken,

the mouse and keyboard where moving by themselves

hm.. almost.. close.. however:

Ichinoseki falsified loan documents and withdrew cash in the customers' names.

The Japanese banking system is still very much paper based, though some do it online. It's the later verb which would make it hard to pin it on fat fingering it and a mouse that has gone crazy. :-)

I sort of have to give her some credit. Straight withdrawal or transfer of funds would be noticed by the customer immediately. A loan wouldn't be noticed for some time. It could have a deferred payment as stated in the loan documents that she authored and faked. Even if she did that, she would have to know that doing it as a loan is just delaying the inevitable.

But... as everyone has already said. Her reason was a very lame. Just blame it on pandemic. At least that would give you some cred.

Or not...

(( sigh ))

Why he didn't say I don't remember it?

Some quality time in the pen won't help alleviate her pent up feeling but who cares? The rest of us will feel relieved with this thief locked up.

The only three certainties in life: death, taxes, and the fact you'll be caught eventually if you steal money from a bank!