Former pawnshop employee caught for B170m theft

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4 January 2024 at 12:38PUBLISHED

Former pawnshop employee caught for B170m theft
Jeerawan Krasae- in, 30, a former employee of the banker accused of reportedly stealing metal objects pledged by consumers at the store in Nonthaburi to repledge them, is interrogated by an immigration official. After crossing the Laos borders on Wednesday, she was detained in Nong Khai. ( Workpoint News 23 screen capture from a video clip )

A former banker employee was detained at a border checkpoint in Nong Khai on suspicion of stealing metal items that customers had pledged to the store in order to repledge them, earning about 170 million baht over the course of the previous two years.

At the &nbsp, First Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge’s boundary checkpoint in Nong Khai on Wednesday, immigration authorities detained Jeerawan Krasae-in, 30, a resident of the Pak Kret region of Nonthaburi.

According to Pol Col Kritmongkut Buranaphakdi, commander of Nong Khai immigration station, the girl was wanted under an arrest permit issued by the Nonthaburi municipal court on December 26, 2023, on charges of conspiring to steal valuables from an employer.

Ms. Jeerawan and another person who went by the name of Sirinthip filed a problem with police at Pak Kret place in October of last year on fraud charges against two people. &nbsp,

The complaint was made after the banker realized that the value of gold necklaces and silver bars pledged there was lower than the amount it paid to customers who did so. In the storeroom, the shop likewise discovered bogus gold ornaments mixed in with genuine ones.

According to the research, the two employees reportedly stole silver items that customers had pledged and asked their accomplices to do the same in exchange for cash from the store. The suspects allegedly paid each of their partners between 1, 000 and 2, 000 baht each day for the work. &nbsp, Their banks balances would receive the remaining funds. The research found that they had been doing this for more than two years and had made over 170 million ringgit.

After that, the authorities asked the judge for permission to assault the two people. While Ms. Jeerawan fled to Laos, M. Sirinthip was previously detained.

Eventually, immigration investigators discovered that the suspect had crossed the Nong Khai border on Wednesday. She was detained by immigration officers on duty when she arrived at the gate on Wednesday around noon, and they worked with authorities to make the imprisonment.

Ms. Jeerawan immediately admitted to the fraud claims during questioning. She asserted that she had bet the majority of the funds on online betting. The suspect was turned over to the authorities in Pak Kret for legal action.