THREE bank workers were involved in a scam claiming their own cards had been lost and that money had been stolen from their accounts.

The three women, who worked at the Lloyds Bank of Scotland card centre in Dunfermline, made the bogus claims in order to each receive £1,000 compensation.

However, when the fraud was uncovered, they lost their jobs and have now ended up at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

Appearing in the dock together were Karla Ewing, 30, of Harrier Court, Dunfermline; Kate Milne, 21, of Hudson Road, Rosyth; and Laura Kevan, 22, of Grampian Place, Rosyth.

They admitted that at Lloyds Banking Group, Pitreavie Business Park, Dunfermline, while acting together, they formed a fraudulent scheme and while employees there, they pretended that they had been victims of fraud, that their bank cards had been used without their authority, the truth being they had been responsible for the transactions and they induced officers of the bank to apply funds to their accounts in compensation.

Ewing committed her offence between May 19-21 last year. The other two committed their offences between April 20-21 last year.

Sheriff Linda Smith called for reports and sentencing will take place on November 7.