Money Disappears From Capital Bank Account

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer | Monday September 27, 2010 00:00

David Mholo is up in arms after P100,000 disappeared from his account at the bank. He told The Monitor that the signature used to fleece his money had been badly forged. He said he went to the bank last Thursday after he failed to cash money from the Auto Teller Machines. The machines told him his request could not be processed.

'When I got to the bank, they printed my bank statement detailing all the transactions that have been taking place recently in my account. I was shocked when I saw that the statement reflected I took P100,000 on September 3, 2010 at the Capital Bank's main branch in Gaborone. I had never done that and when I asked them to show me the slips showing the signature used to cash the money, they brought this one, which resembled mine, yet it was a little different. I told them the signature was not mine,' he explained.

He said when he demanded to see the person who processed the transaction, he was told the officer was off-duty and will only be available today.

Mholo said when he demanded a refund, he was told that his money will be deposited back into his account by today. An officer at Capital Bank, Dikeledi Leshaga confirmed that Mholo has raised the matter with them and that the management is handling the complaint. 'We have sent the matter to the management so that they can look into it. So at the moment I cannot comment further than that,' she said.