Krungthai employee 'confesses' to Bt19 million theft

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Krungthai employee 'confesses' to Bt19 million theft
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Police yesterday arrested three Krungthai Bank employees suspected of embezzling more than Bt19 million from a Khon Kaen branch of the bank last week.

They are Thawatchai Samranbamrung, Sompote Singsom and Surasak Prasertsank. Police determined Sompote was solely responsible for the theft.

KTB General Services filed a complaint with police after the three were absent from work between July 27-31, when BT19.7 million destined for 17 ATMs in the municipality disappeared.

According to the commander of Khon Kaen provincial police, Maj-General Jitjaroon Srivanit, Sompote confessed to stealing the money on July 29 before fleeing to Laos.

He was apprehended on Saturday.

Police seized Bt1.4 million in cash, five gold necklaces and over 40 currency straps from Sompote, who is slated to re-enact the crime today.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Krungthai-employee-confesses-to-Bt19-million-theft-30265772.html


-- The Nation 2015-08-03

[ukrules]

Small percentage recovered, why is that ?

[longstebe]

Surely they haven't worked their heads and stashed the cash.

[ezzra]

What were they thinking that they can nick 19 million baht and get away with it?

their best plan was to flee to Lao, like American criminals fleeing to Mexico, think again

bumbling idiots bank robbers,,, not enough now day to rob a bank, you also need to know how

to get away with it... and so far, Thai robbers has a lot to learn,,,

[Charlie Croker]

What a fool

He could have stolen 10 times as much, gone overseas and argued it was a political act of defiance against the military and that any prosecution was politically driven.

Get rent-a-gob Robert Amsterdam to back your play and you are set for years of hassle free luxury living.

[Fat Haggis]

Where was he apprehended? Thailand or Laos? It says he fled to Laos, but not where, and who arrested him? And where is the rest of the money?

[Srikcir]

Re-enactment of crime to be slated today.

Why is this necessary? Clearly re-enactments don't deter crime. They just seem to be ego-stroking for police.

In this particular case finding the thiefs too little effort.

Unprofessional police behavior continues.

[BuaBS]

Don't they know that the best way to rob a bank , is to own it ?

[circusman]

Don't they know that the best way to rob a bank , is to own it ?

This makes no sense.

[realenglish1]

Don't expect to get accurate reporting here in Thailand in English. They think they are reporters but they are hacks

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

What the heck does it mean when they say the police arrested THREE bank employees for the theft, but that "Sompote was solely responsible for the theft." Well, if he was solely responsible, then why and for what did they arrest the other two?

Meanwhile, the only good thing to say here is... at least the stolen money was bank money destined for ATMs, as opposed to the worse scenario where they might have been stealing the money directly out of bank customers' accounts, which also occurs here.

BTW, I understand exactly what the prior poster meant when he said the best way to rob a bank is to own it...

[biplanebluey]

Where was he apprehended? Thailand or Laos? It says he fled to Laos, but not where, and who arrested him? And where is the rest of the money?

Where is the rest of the money?

Who were the people(police) that arrested them??

Where are these people now ? Just think--- you now have found a few million and you are already over the border

OH I forgot ---they were police--- I take it all back

[steven100]

I heard that criminals who do steal from Thailand end up in either Dubai or Montenegro islands ...

Apparently they cannot touch you once your there ...

[Bakseeda]

I heard that criminals who do steal from Thailand end up in either Dubai or Montenegro islands ...

Apparently they cannot touch you once your there ...

Montenegro has no islands.....

[Fat Haggis]

I heard that criminals who do steal from Thailand end up in either Dubai or Montenegro islands ...

Apparently they cannot touch you once your there ...

Montenegro has no islands.....

He's as clueless as his posts mate, he probably doesn't even know where Dubai is either!! ;-)

[elgordo38]

Don't they know that the best way to rob a bank , is to own it ?

This makes no sense.

Does to me. I call them banksters and no they are no Robin Hoods. This guy is smart bury the rest spend a couple years in jail and once out you have more than a life time of working money waiting for you. Las Vegas awaits.

Edited August 3, 2015 by elgordo38

[Cypress Hill]

Don't expect to get accurate reporting here in Thailand in English. They think they are reporters but they are hacks

Do you people EVER get sick of imagining yourselves to be superior to the locals?

[steven100]

I heard that criminals who do steal from Thailand end up in either Dubai or Montenegro islands ...

Apparently they cannot touch you once your there ...

Montenegro has no islands.....

He's as clueless as his posts mate, he probably doesn't even know where Dubai is either!! ;-)

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May 12, 2009 - 25 posts - ‎13 authors

Page 2 of 8 - Thaksin Bids For Montenegro Island - posted in Thailand News: Thai web site (tnews.teenee.com/politic/35859.html , my wife reading it) points ... Thaksin Shinawatra's plans to buy part of an island in Montenegro.

Who is Clueless now buddy !!

If your not sure best to keep your trap shut .....

[steven100]

I heard that criminals who do steal from Thailand end up in either Dubai or Montenegro islands ...

Apparently they cannot touch you once your there ...

Montenegro has no islands.....

You think so ?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of islands of Montenegro. Montenegro's islands are relatively small, however they are still part of Montenegro.

• Biogradska Gora , one of the few European old-growth forest and a national park in Kolašin

• 

  Perast in Bay of Kotor

• 

  Sveti Stefan island in Budva. Once secluded, it's now connected to the mainland by a long isthmus

• Sveti Nikola
• Sveta Neđelja
• Katič
• Ada Bojana
• Stari Ulcinj

In Bay of Kotor

• Mamula
• Sveti Marko
• Gospa od Milosti
• Ostrvo Cvijeća
• Gospa od Škrpjela
• Sveti Đorđe

Islands on Rivers and Lakes

Islands on Lake Skadar

• Vranjina
• Grmožur (former prison-island)
• Lesendro
• Starčevo
• Kom
• Beška
• Omerova gorica

[Si Thea01]

Was so stressed when I read this, I thought some mongel had got into my Krung Thai accounts, then I saw it was the Khon Kaen branch and only ATM funds. Phew.

Edited August 3, 2015 by Si Thea01

[GeorgesAbitbol]

Don't they know that the best way to rob a bank , is to own it ?

This makes no sense.

Say that to the former CEO of the bitcoin company in Japan

[sammygood]

maybe he succeeds to steal another 19 million , leave some for the cops and "escapes"