A woman who was sacked from the Bank of Bermuda last year for being involved in an IOU scheme is to seek legal advice on the grounds that she was wrongfully dismissed.

Laura Correia wants to clear her name and said she should never have been fired from the bank in the first place.

And said she had even been told by a manager that the issue had been a departmental problem, and not specific to her.

Ms Correia was sacked from her job at the Business Banking Centre along with a group of other colleagues in January last year for being involved in IOUs, where staff were alleged to have been found unofficially borrowing customers' cash and paying it back later.

But the 28-year-old said she never actually borrowed any money, and instead was the "supplier", handing over money to a colleague from her cash box after being directed to do so by a supervisor. But almost immediately after being fired, she said the bank offered to take her back on. She was re-hired six months later on a temporary in a non-cash section and was told she could apply for more permanent positions.

But her contract came to an end this month and she has since been told that the bank made a mistake and went against its policy by re-employing her.

She has also been told never to apply there for work again.

But single mother Ms Correia stands by her belief that she did nothing wrong. She said now she has been told she has no future with the bank, she wants to take legal action on the grounds that she should not have been sacked in the first place. She said: "I did not take any cash. I never borrowed money. I was told by a supervisor to hand over cash to someone else out of my cash box, so I did. I was told to do it, so I did it. I don't see how I can be held responsible for that. I was involved, but it was not me taking the money.

"I was told that it was a departmental problem, and I believe that is why I was taken back on.

"Then, I'm told the bank made a mistake and I should not have been taken back at all. But I don't think I should have been dismissed. I did nothing wrong, other than to do as I was told.

"How can they hire me back saying it had all been a departmental problem, only to get rid of me later, and I don't know why."

A bank spokeswomsaid: "As we stated, when the incident at the Business Banking Centre came to light last year, we investigated and appropriate action was taken. "We treat all employee matters confidentially at the bank. While we make every effort to discuss relevant issues with the employees concerned, we cannot discuss any individual case in detail in the press."