News Forum - Jewellery store employee arrested for theft worth 24 million baht

[Thaiger]

Officers from the Phra Ratchawang Police Station in Bangkok apprehended a jewellery store employee who had been stealing gold necklaces from the store’s showcase for years, accumulating 646 baht in weight, valued at over 24 million baht. The suspect confessed to selling the gold to fund personal expenses and travel. Today, August 26, Police Major … …

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[Fanta]

Ouch! The RTP will charge her for each time she stole. I hope she enjoyed the travel paid for with the stolen gold because she’s not going anywhere for a long, long time. 

[ChrisS]

Must be bloody poor stock taking and CCTV procedures for him to get away with it for such a long time.

[NonThaiKiwi]

I'm surprised the owner did cry foul earlier.  Or was this guy in charge of stock reconciliation/stocktakes? 

That's quite a bit of missing stock. Not exactly chump change. 

 

[Ramanathan.P]

What do one expect from an employee who has been denied any pay raise for 10 years? With the cost of living going up, how can one survive with a pay scale that is 10 years older?