The National Bank of Costa Rica's headquarters are pictured in San Jose, Costa Rica February 12, 2020.
The 3.3 billion colones ($6.2 million) in question were first detected missing at the National Bank of Costa Rica in August through internal audits, and last month the attorney general's office announced an investigation.
The principal suspect is a low-level bank employee accused of robbing cash and stashing it away in paper bags out of sight from security cameras, investigators said.
This seems like something out of a movie (…) This is not a robbery from the National Bank, it is a robbery from Costa Ricans."
($1 = 528.8750 colones)Reporting by Alvaro Murillo; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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