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Jack also approved these – which meant he had been tricked into setting up three new payees.

On this occasion, McLaughlin requested that the payee line be left blank on the cheque - and instead of purchasing the memorial items - McLaughlin filled in his own name and pocketed the £1,000.

He could also alter payee account details without “authorisation or verification”, which he did to transfer money to himself.

The payees ranged from China to Saudi Arabia to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

These systems are highly secure, particularly when they already have your payees in their system and can send an electronic payment directly to them.