Photo via Amarin TV

 

By Petch Petpailin

 

Police arrested a Thai woman for stealing 120,000 baht in cash and a mobile phone from a Russian victim in Pattaya on January 8. She confessed to spending most of the money on a holiday trip with her family.

 

The 37 year old Russian man, Xavier, filed a complaint with officers at Bang Lamung Police Station on January 8, reporting that his black bag was stolen outside a convenience store in Soi Na Kluea 8, in the Bang Lamung district of Pattaya.

 

The bag contained 120,000 baht in cash, his mobile phone, and personal documents. Xavier admitted that he and his friends had been drinking alcohol at a table outside the store, and when they returned to their accommodation, he realised he had left his bag on the table.

 

Police reviewed the security footage and observed a suspicious Thai woman and her daughter move from another table to sit at the victim’s table after he and his friends had left. The woman then took Xavier’s bag and quickly placed it in her plastic bag. The two then rushed to board a baht bus and left the scene.

 

 

The woman was identified as a local from Samut Prakan province near Bangkok, rather than Pattaya. She and her family returned to their home province on the same day.

 

As her identity was clearly visible in the video, police traced her whereabouts and arrested her on January 23. The woman admitted to the theft and claimed that she had used the stolen money to pay her car instalment and fund the holiday trip to the beach with her family.

 

The suspect was charged under Section 335 of the Criminal Law for committing theft at night. The penalty is imprisonment of one to five years and a fine ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 baht.

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2025-01-24

 

 

I like the idea she used the money for a beach holiday here's me thinking the beach is about 1km from where she was.

Silly woman stealing at night much more honourable  stealing in daylight 

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

as a local from Samut Prakan province near Bangkok

Not local in my mind, unless they simply mean Thai? 

Well done the police for tracking her down though. 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The penalty is imprisonment of one to five years and a fine ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 baht.

Not "OR".
1 to 5 years in the monkee house will give her a lesson not to steal.

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The suspect was charged under Section 335 of the Criminal Law for committing theft at night. The penalty is imprisonment of one to five years and a fine ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 baht.

And the Russian will get his money refunded?

Thought not.

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police arrested a Thai woman for stealing 120,000 baht in cash and a mobile phone from a Russian victim in Pattay

 

A Thai stealing money and a phone I can't believe this, it must be a misunderstanding.

And every "quality tourist" walk around with 120.000 in cash ??

Wonder about the origin of the money ?? 😉

 

me too, if I go out for a beer with friends, I always bring 100k baht with me just in case.

And I often put my money, passport and phone in a bag that I then forget on the road.

1 hour ago, Texas ranger said:

me too, if I go out for a beer with friends, I always bring 100k baht with me just in case.

And I often put my money, passport and phone in a bag that I then forget on the road.

Bar girls are not cheap nowadays.. He should have had more money in his bag to pay for them also. 

4 hours ago, Dave0206 said:

I like the idea she used the money for a beach holiday here's me thinking the beach is about 1km from where she was.

Silly woman stealing at night much more honourable  stealing in daylight 

This sounds like she made an excuse so she would not have to give the money back. i feel sorry for the daughter with her. Now she must face losing her mom to jail for doing such a thing, especially with the daughter present to witness it. 

 

1 hour ago, Olav Seglem said:

And every "quality tourist" walk around with 120.000 in cash ??

Wonder about the origin of the money ?? 😉

 

B/S 

How many people would not take something valuable left on a chair and owner had gone missing ? Would they take it to the authority for safe keeping until the rightful owner come to claim the belonging ? I think not.

There are many Thais who are Buddhists in name but actually not practicing Buddhism. A good buddhist would not crave other people’s belonging and wouid accept  their current life as their karma. 

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Criminal Law for committing theft at night. The penalty is imprisonment of one to five years and a fine ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 baht.

haha, theft at night. time of theft matters.

you're really screwed if you steal in broad daylight. 

 

stealing?  if it is left ... not like trans hugging stupid gold chained indians on the beach

 

120k to go out for a beer, lol...

 

the russian lost or forgot the bag, it was not robbed

Hopefully the lady won't do prison time because the idiot Russian forgot his bag.

Glad to hear she was just visiting Pattaya.Wouldn't want to tarnish the image. 

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Not local in my mind, unless they simply mean Thai? 

Well done the police for tracking her down though. 

So CCTV does work if the BIB would only consult it before an incident.  Would Pattaya cops have bothered if the victim was not a foreign tourist?

Do they have bank accounts and ATM s  in Russia ?

If I had a bag with a loada cash I would be gripping it tightly for good.

3 hours ago, Ctkong said:

How many people would not take something valuable left on a chair and owner had gone missing ? Would they take it to the authority for safe keeping until the rightful owner come to claim the belonging ? I think not.

There are many Thais who are Buddhists in name but actually not practicing Buddhism. A good buddhist would not crave other people’s belonging and wouid accept  their current life as their karma. 

 

Bugger all to do with the Buddhist faith.

 

Thou shall not steal is the 8th of the Christian faith's Ten Commandments, 7th if you're a Catholic.

 

So, what would the good Christian do?

So she didn't steal it, he lost it.

So as it was paid with stolen money, the bank, debt holder for car would be required to return the money. The lady would owe all outstanding debt and any late fees.

 

The foreigner would need to win a court case that he is owed. 

 

Can a subordinate lien be placed on the car?

 

Nice to continually read that there is an abundance of people, who are willing to part with large amounts of cash with very little effort to safeguard the money.

2 minutes ago, henryford1958 said:

So she didn't steal it, he lost it.

Please review the definition of Steal.

She stole the money, if important documents were inside, they had his name on them.

 

Did she contact the Police and report the property was left by someone?

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The bag contained 120,000 baht in cash, his mobile phone, and personal documents. Xavier admitted that he and his friends had been drinking alcohol at a table outside the store, and when they returned to their accommodation, he realised he had left his bag on the table.

 

Police reviewed the security footage and observed a suspicious Thai woman and her daughter move from another table to sit at the victim’s table after he and his friends had left.

 

Is it really theft if you find some stuff someone else has voluntarily abandoned?

 

We used to refer to that as "finders keepers" when I was a kid.

 

Some years ago i fell asleep on a bench in soi sukumvit in Bangkok.I had my phone and about 15.000 baht in my pocket.I was wery drunk.This was about 2 pm The police woke me up and took me to my hotel.Nothing missing about cash or phone.

6 hours ago, impulse said:

 

Is it really theft if you find some stuff someone else has voluntarily abandoned?

 

We used to refer to that as "finders keepers" when I was a kid.

 

Looser weepers 

On 1/24/2025 at 9:46 AM, snoop1130 said:

She confessed to spending most of the money on a holiday trip with her family.

 

But it's still stealing other peoples property.

On 1/25/2025 at 7:01 AM, Olav Seglem said:

And every "quality tourist" walk around with 120.000 in cash ??

Wonder about the origin of the money ?? 😉

 

 

doesn't matter where he got his 120k from .....    the story is not about that...

it's about a Thai thief ..... 

On 1/25/2025 at 1:57 PM, norsurin said:

Some years ago i fell asleep on a bench in soi sukumvit in Bangkok.I had my phone and about 15.000 baht in my pocket.I was wery drunk.This was about 2 pm The police woke me up and took me to my hotel.Nothing missing about cash or phone.

yes,    a couple of years back I went into a 7-11 and bought a bottle of beer and a toasted sandwich,  but when I was walking back home I realised the cashier had short changed me by 1 baht ....   Oh well,  I was really angry but didn't go to the police.  

On 1/25/2025 at 7:01 AM, Olav Seglem said:

And every "quality tourist" walk around with 120.000 in cash ??

Wonder about the origin of the money ?? 😉

 

 

It is indeed a lot to carry around but maybe the russkie had just arrived in Thailand or was in the process of changing accommodation.

 

Interesting that the victim has a Spanish name, russland has a lot of immigrants of course but most of them are from the former Soviet Union.