A thief tricked a bank into resetting a telephone banking pin number, then stole more than $3000 from the victim's account, police allege.
Constable Michelle Stagg, of Blenheim, said a 20-year-old female factory worker was charged this morning with stealing a handbag on June 2 and withdrawing money from the owner's bank account.
The woman used documents in the bag to have the owner's telephone bank account pin reset, she said.
She then withdrew up to $3600 in six transactions.
The woman was charged with theft and using a document for pecuniary advantage and was due to appear in Blenheim District Court next Monday, Ms Stagg said.
There were 12 arrests at the weekend, two of them for assaulting police.
On Friday, a 24-year-old man allegedly assaulted a Picton constable after a domestic assault about 11.15pm. He was charged with assault and assaulting a police officer.
A 32-year-old builder allegedly kicked a police officer after police saw him urinating in public in Scott St at 3.20am today. The man was charged with offensive behaviour, resisting arrest, and assaulting a police officer.
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