A security officer accused of stealing $181,000 from a customer's debit card had his bail extended in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

Damian Robinson of a Corporate Area address pleaded guilty to breaches of the Cybercrimes Act and simple larceny.

Robinson is to return to court on Tuesday for sentencing.

Allegations are that on September 11 the complainant went to a service station in Liguanea to do business transactions with his Scotiabank debit card. It is alleged that while the complainant was there, he requested the assistance of a security officer. The complainant, while entering the pin for his card tried to disguise it. When the transaction was finished, the security officer handed him the $10,000 cash he had asked him to withdraw, and handed him the pouch that the card was in.

missing from the pouch

It is alleged that on September 14, while the complainant was doing another Scotiabank transaction, he checked for his card and realised that it was missing from the pouch. The complainant was informed by a teller at his bank that a total of $181,000 was withdrawn from his card.

Investigations done by the police led to Robinson who was arrested and charged.