KUWAIT CITY, July 22: Personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department have arrested a Lebanese computer programmer for transferring KD 24,000 from the accounts of three bankers of an undisclosed bank into the account of his brother who had left the country two years ago, reports Al-Anba daily.

The theft of the money was discovered during audit and the money had been withdrawn from the accounts of two Kuwaitis and one Egyptian.

When contacted the men denied knowledge about such transactions. At first the authorities believed a hacker was involved in committing the crime but this was later ruled out due to the stringent security measures applied by the banks.

Investigations revealed although the money was transferred into the account of a Lebanese man who had left the country long ago, the money was withdrawn in Kuwait through ATM, which proved a fact that the money was not withdrawn by the beneficiary.

The security authorities requested to see the CCTV camera footage of the banks and discovered the money was withdrawn by a Lebanese programmer who had worked in the bank to write programs of the three bankers and managed to have access to their computers after knowing their passwords and used these passwords to transfer the money into the account of his brother. During interrogation the programmer admitted to stealing the money. He also said he spent all the money for pleasure.