Scenes from this afternoon’s payroll robbery in Chonburi. Photos: Naewna

 

TNR Staff

 

CHONBURI POLICE are chasing a thief dressed as a food delivery rider who stole 3.4 million baht payroll after picking a fight with one of two employees of a company who had just withdrawn the cash to pay wages, Naewna newspaper.

 

Pol. Col. Tawee Kudthang, head of Ban Bueng police station, rushed to the scene of the robbery at a rear of a bank in this district upon being alerted of the crime.

 

He was told by Ms. Prapaporn (surname withheld), 29, who was in a state of shock that she came to the bank in her company’s van to withdraw the large amount of cash to pay the workers’ wages which is something she did on the 5th and the 20th of every month.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/20/thief-dressed-as-food-delivery-rider-steals-3-4m-baht-payroll/

 

 

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I wonder if this company learned their lesson and will get with the times and pay their employees by paycheck or direct deposit to their account. 

The full story is very funny.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

o withdraw the large amount of cash to pay the workers’ wages which is something she did on the 5th and the 20th of every month.

Complete imbecile ! I'd check which employee was not working at the time or which employee decides to leave or which employee and his brother get new pools. Defo an inside job

Hard to believe, there's no pointing!

30 minutes ago, rankric said:

The full story is very funny.

Yes, the ineptitude and casual way they transport this large sum of money is beyond belief. 

Let's just say that the clumsy and foolhardy way they ignore the real possibilities of being robbed serves to show that people are gullible and never learn from others mistakes, only from their own cock-ups...

Edited September 21, 20223 yr by ezzra

so it was Snatch and Grab!

My bank, security should have escorted them out. 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

3.4 million baht payroll

Twice a month?  I want shares in this company.

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Yes, the ineptitude and casual way they transport this large sum of money is beyond belief. 

LARGE sum? not even 100k USD...

10 minutes ago, thurien said:

LARGE sum? not even 100k USD...

What point are you trying to make?.... Yes 3.4 million baht is a large sum of money in Thailand! What has USD got to do with a robbery of baht in Thailand? Not all of us think in USD!

Edited September 21, 20223 yr by jacko45k

19 minutes ago, thurien said:

LARGE sum? not even 100k USD...

relative to ...

... 32 yrs worth of minimum wage income here.

 

$100k is a large sum, even to most Americans apparently.  Sad but true ...

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/19/56percent-of-americans-cant-cover-a-1000-emergency-expense-with-savings.html#:~:text=Most Americans are still struggling,in early January by Bankrate.

 

Edited September 21, 20223 yr by KhunLA

Check the local CCTV ; see if the last couple 5th/20th has the same individual hanging around about that time of day.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

He was told by Ms. Prapaporn (surname withheld), 29, who was in a state of shock that she came to the bank in her company’s van to withdraw the large amount of cash to pay the workers’ wages which is something she did on the 5th and the 20th of every month

Maybe the company should re-think it's payment strategy..

17 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Maybe the company should re-think it's payment strategy..

Severance pay package seems to be quite nice ... ????

 

Note to self: set calendar for the 5th of next month ????

Edited September 21, 20223 yr by KhunLA

21 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Maybe the company should re-think it's payment strategy..

Definitely need to re-think using that same van for bank pick up.  May be a Q of masked/helmet'd MB riders waiting outside the bank next month.

 

Guess I need to get there early ????

5 hours ago, nightfox said:

I wonder if this company learned their lesson and will get with the times and pay their employees by paycheck or direct deposit to their account. 

You ting too mut.????

 

The Grab disguise was appropriate.

Nice touch mentioning the 40k slipped into her black purse....

13 hours ago, webfact said:

 

CHONBURI POLICE are chasing a thief dressed as a food delivery rider who stole 3.4 million baht

Are the cops on foot waving truncheons ? ????

On 9/21/2022 at 8:20 AM, thurien said:

LARGE sum? not even 100k USD...

hello hamsum man you must be rich Mak Mak 100k  love you long time 

There's two threads running on this. 

Ms. Prapaporn (who was 'robbed') and her brother (the robber) were arrested in Bangkok this morning and 3.2m baht recovered

 

 

Edited September 22, 20223 yr by gomangosteen