A financial institution in Clarendon is now conducting an internal investigation after its records recently showed that a man made a withdrawal from his savings account two years after his death.

The discovery was made that money had gone missing from the dead man's account on Monday, when his daughter, who is now the sole account holder, went to the bank to make a withdrawal.

"My dad died in 2008, so it's impossible for him to make a withdrawal in 2010," the bewildered daughter explained to THE STAR.

She explained that she visited the bank to withdraw some funds from the account which her father had signed over to her before he died, only to find out that the bank records showed that he made a withdrawal long after his death.

"When I went to the bank yesterday to withdraw $10,000, I was told that I only had $500 and odd left in the account," she emphasised. "I seh no man this is strange."

She said when she queried the matter, she was informed by a representative of the bank that her father had made a withdrawal of about $28,000 on July 22, 2010. Such a withdrawal had been made, even though her father has been dead since March 1, 2008.

The woman was then forced to return to the bank on Tuesday with proof of her father's death.

"When I went there ... I brought a copy of his death certificate and funeral programme to prove that he is dead," she explained.

She added that the bank representative told her that her 78-year-old father had marked a X on the day of the withdrawal to access the funds because he told them that he could no longer read and write because of his age. "My father could read and write, so there was no need for him to mark a X to withdraw money," she said. WhenTHE STAR contacted the Spaldings police, a policeman confirmed the incident and informed THE STAR that the bank is conducting an internal investigation before the police can become involved. It is also reported that the worker who conducted the mysterious transaction has since agreed to pay back the money in full to the account.

Nonetheless, the woman is still disgruntled by the mistake made by the bank and has promised to close the account and take her business elsewhere.

"I still need to know who impersonated my father ... I need to know who went to the bank and impersonated my dead father," she emphasised. "I will definitely close the account."