By INDARJIT SEURAJ Friday, May 8 2009

In a bid to prevent theft at Automated Teller Machines (ATM), security heads in the banking sector reportedly accompanied a Venezuelan convict to a Maraval bank where he demonstrated his fraud.

This was part of a frantic search for answers after the suspect had stolen $113,760 from the bank in a crime spree spanning three days in March, last year.

Now, in a move to turn helper and save himself, Jose Isidro Murillo has offered to show bankers how to stop the theft.

Following his arrest on April 24, Murillo went with Fraud Squad officers and security personnel in the banking sector to an ATM in Maraval where he demonstrated the theft.

Sources revealed that security heads of the various banking institutions are usually in close communication with each other, with concerns surrounding security issues.

It was also learnt that following the latest method of theft, these heads were expected to meet this week to discuss the breach.

It could not be confirmed whether this meeting was held. Bankers Association president Catherine Kumar could not be reached for comment up to late yesterday. Murillo is expected to return to court on May 11 for sentencing.