Wing Hang Bank manager convicted of stealing data on thousands of customers

A Wing Hang Bank manager was yesterday found guilty of stealing the personal information of more than 10,000 clients, including borrowing histories, from the bank's computer database.

Ng Chau-ha, 33, a former risk control department manager, was convicted in Eastern Court of obtaining access to a computer with a view to dishonest gain for herself or another.

The court heard she had used a colleague's identity to log into the bank's computer system and downloaded the data into a bank computer drive she had access to. She then sent the data out in 751 e-mails and downloaded it onto her personal laptop computer.

The crime began just six days after she joined the bank in July last year and went on until that October.

The customer information included names, identity card numbers, loan and repayment histories and assessments by the bank of its clients.

The court heard the information had not been leaked and that the bank had suffered no loss.