SINGAPORE: A maid stole more than S$ 8, 000 ( US$ 6, 100 ) from her employer’s safe and red packets she found in a drawer , over the course of about one-and-a-half years.
She also intended to bring a$ 2,500 gold chain with her to Indonesia by hiding it in the common toilet.
Umini Bt Pojok Saniyah, a 39-year-old Indonesian, was sentenced to four months ‘ jail on Wednesday ( Sep 4 ) for two counts of theft by servant, with a third charge taken into consideration.
The court was informed that Umini was employed by a 33-year-old Malaysian woman who shared a level with her husband and two kids in Bukit Batok.
She started out at her work in January 2020 and was paid S$ 715 per month to carry out tasks like housework and taking care of her company’s kids.
Somewhere around early September 2022, Umini was “greedy” and decided to steal from her employer, the prosecutors said.
She remitted the majority of the stolen money, which was worth S$ 1,800, to her Indonesian family after she stole the money from red boxes that had been kept in a master bathroom box.
She also used some of it to purchase foods for herself.
On another 17 times between Jan 11, 2023 and Dec 18, 2023, Umini stole S$ 4, 648 in full from the red boxes stored in the box.
To avoid being discovered, she allegedly stole small sums of money, ranging from S$ 200 to S$ 400, and she returned the money to her family.
The essential to a secure was discovered in the apartment at the beginning of this year. The major had been kept in a golden box next to the safe.
She hid a gold chain in the typical bathroom with the intention of returning it with her to Indonesia and a pendant worth S$ 2,500.
She even stole money from the safe, along with more money from the dark bits, between Jan 22 and Mar 14. She remitted the whole taken amounts of S$ 1, 650 to her father and sister in Indonesia.
DISCOVERY
On Mar 14, Umini’s firm realised that the money in two dark boxes was missing.
She confronted Umini, who denied taking it.
When Umini left the house on her day down, her boss looked through her possessions and discovered receipts that indicated she had given money to her girlfriend and another man.
The firm requested a statement of account for Umini’s transactions after speaking with the remittance agency.
She was shocked to learn that Umini had been sending large sums of money to her sister and father in Indonesia since 2022 when she received the speech three working days after.
As she wanted to retain Umini as her home companion, the company did not challenge her instantly.
The company took her safe to her parents ‘ home a few days after, on March 19, because she was unable to find the key.
She opened it, and she was shocked to discover that some of the red boxes were clear and that the gold ring was missing.
The woman informed Umini on August 14 that she wanted to end her commitment and send her back to Indonesia.
When she suddenly confronted Umini about the missing money, Umini admitted to stealing it. She returned the golden chain to her employer from the location where it had been hidden.
Her company then requested a policeman record, and Umini was taken into custody. She requested a partial restitution of her company, which was her monthly outstanding pay, in the amount of S$ 715.
A good and a prison term of up to seven times are the penalties for fraud by a servant.