A man who attempted to withdraw £25,000 from a local bank was denied access after refusing to provide vital information to bank staff. 

Thames Valley Police were called by the bank when suspicious details were provided by the banking protocol.

When the man originally attempted to withdraw the large sum of money, he said that it was for a ‘friend outside in the car’.

The bank was alerted when he was unable to name the person in the car.

According to records, several large withdrawals have been made from other branches over the past few weeks.

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These included, £14,500 on August 17, £17,000 on August 10, £15,000 on July 7 and £10,000 on July 1.

The customer maintains that these are cash payments for a builder working on his sons house in London. Due to the son being in South America and unable to make bank transfers.

Thames Valley Police said: “The customer was outraged that they would not be granted access to their funds and found this an invasion of their privacy, even though they could not provide any details of the builders, they maintained they had known for years.

“The bank refused to effect the transfer to protect the customer.”