The mystery swindler has been hailed by fans for getting one over on the 'greedy bankers' blamed for the economic crisis.
The man, caught on CCTV cameras in Warsaw, Poland - loaded blank banknote-sized slips of paper into a night safe, crediting a bogus account with 1.5 million euros.
The next morning, he withdrew the entire sum in cash in the local currency, the Zloty, and disappeared.
A police appeal for information backfired when they released CCTV footage and the man became a national hero overnight with hundreds of fans praising him on Facebook.
One comment read: "A big round of applause to you, sir. Well done." Another posted: "That's brilliant. This man is my idol." While someone calling themselves 'minetam' added: "Hooray for this guy."
Police refused to comment.
A red-faced bank spokesman admitted: "Because the deposit had registered in the system, no one thought to check whether there was actual money in the deposit."
Source: web.orange.co.uk
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