Teenage student steals 700,000 baht from teacher to buy 11 iPhones for friends

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A Thai teacher sought justice after her 14 year old student stole 700,000 baht from her house to buy 11 iPhones for her boyfriend and friends and the children’s guardians failed to take responsibility for the losses.

The victim, 42 year old Rungrat Chokchai, urged Amarin TV and other news agencies to tell her story to the public in the hope that she would get all her money back. Rungrat said she was a teacher at a school in the central province of Uthai Thani and lost 700,000 baht to a schoolgirl living near her house.

 

Rungrat explained that she lived with six other family members in a house in the Huay Kot sub-district of Uthai Thani province. Her house was also used as a local grocery store, so it was open during the day and many people visited it.

 

According to Rungrat, the 14 year old girl, identified only as A, attempted to steal 2,000 baht money from her shop at 10am on October 19. The girl lived next to Rungrat’s house and pretended to come into the shop to buy snacks.

 

by Petch Petpailin

Photo via Facebook/ ข่าวช่องวัน

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-12-18

 

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[JoePai]

I find this a little strange

1 Teacher with 700k cash

2 Leaving 700k cash laying around unsecured

[Enoon]

500k of it wasn't hers:

 

"Rungrat clarified that she lost 700,000 baht in total which 500,000 baht was borrowed from the Teachers’ Saving Cooperative and 200,00 baht was her mother’s savings."

 

 

 

 

 

[Gottfrid]

Total stupidity to leave 700k baht in home without locking it in a secure safe.

[hotchilli]

She said she stole 700,000 baht money and gave I tall to her 14 year old boyfriend named New. New denied A’s words saying he got only 300,00 baht and shared it with his friend named Ball.

The teenagers told police they went to a shopping mall together and bought 11 iPhones. Officers were able to recover all the phones, resell them to the seller and return 120,000 baht to Rungrat.

 

Robbed twice in my book, now out of pocket by 580,000 baht?

The i-phone seller must be laughing all the way to the bank.

[newbee2022]

A real socialist 😂

[Nickcage49]

Excuse me, but how in the world did someone steal that much money from her? Was it sitting on a table? Was it in a drawer? Is she sure groceries are all she was selling there?

[rwill]

Rungrat, they have banks in Thailand.

[jippytum]

Perhaps some teachers in Thailand could do wlth some common sense 

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Robbed twice in my book, now out of pocket by 580,000 baht?

The i-phone seller must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Yes, they were all fakes!

[JeffersLos]

2 hours ago, rwill said:

Rungrat, they have banks in Thailand.

 

And if closed can leave it at the temple for the monks to safeguard. 

[spidermike007]

What the media should really do is spread the story about how reckless this woman was with her money. She obviously did not have it while hidden, she didn't have it in any sort of safe or safety box, or any effective hiding place. How do you keep that much money in a hiding place where a kid can find it?

 

That's what should be published, is the recklessness that this woman engaged in in her daily lifestyle. As a cautionary tale for others. A great easy temptation, you're going to become a target. 

[Chris Daley]

That kids is my role model.  Over half a million just laying on the table?  Dream come true.

[Nick Carter icp]

3 minutes ago, Chris Daley said:

That kids is my role model.  Over half a million just laying on the table?  Dream come true.

 

   Are you a thief and a burglar ?

[paulikens]

wonder how the 700k was earned?   people who have 700k laying around the house don't usually wanna put it in a bank in case questions are asked.    Although now she will have the police asking her how she got that money instead.   Stupid is as stupid does.