Caught on CCTV: Ghanaian man's bold £117K UK bank heist using ex-G4S ID and uniform

Kwabena Kissi, a 40-year-old Ghanaian man, was jailed in the United Kingdom in April 2026 after pleading guilty to stealing £117,000 from a Santander bank in Brixton, south London, on July 5, 2022.

He admitted to fraud by false representation, showing cashiers a false ID and wearing the uniform of his former employer, G4S Security Services, to steal the money.

CCTV footage, which captured the moment the former G4S private security guard used an old uniform to trick bank workers into handing over £117,000, has now emerged.

According to a report by dailymail.com, the footage, which was played in court, showed Kwabena Kissi, 40, carrying a large security briefcase and entering a Santander bank in Brixton, south London, on July 5, 2022.

The video, which the UK-based media house shared, showed Kissi wearing a helmet with the visor down and a face mask with his old uniform.

The CCTV inside the bank showed Kissi duping the staff into buzzing him through the secure office, where they unwittingly handed him bags filled with £117,200 in cash.

Kissi then casually walked out with the money inside the briefcase.

The cameras outside the bank captured him walking along the road carrying a bin bag with the cash inside after changing his clothes.

Kissi then ordered an Uber and was driven away from the scene.

The report indicated that the bank staff only realised they had been tricked when the real G4S guard arrived to make the regular Tuesday collection.

It was stated in the report that the Ghanaian man flew to Accra, Ghana, the next day with the money he stole, where he lived with his ailing mother for nearly four years.

He was arrested in March 2026 when he returned to the UK after making the fatal mistake of ordering an Uber using his real name and phone number.

According to the report, the UK police were notified and intercepted and arrested him upon his arrival at Gatwick Airport.

He initially claimed it was a case of mistaken identity, but officers discovered the same phone handset he had used to book the Uber on him — the same phone he had with him during the heist nearly four years earlier, police said.

He was jailed for three years and four months by Judge Rosa Dean at the same court. She told him that he had exploited his 'inside knowledge'.

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Former G4S security guard Kwabena Kissi has been sentenced to 40 months in prison after posing as a cash collection officer and fraudulently obtaining £117,200 from a Santander UK branch in Brixton.

Prosecutors said the Ghanaian man entered the bank wearing his former G4S… pic.twitter.com/6q2cNia7wa

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