The boss left her phone exposed, and the employee opened an app and stole nearly 100 million VND.
Seeing the owner leave her phone at the counter, Thanh stole it, opened the phone, logged into the banking app, and transferred nearly 100 million into his account.
Ben Cat town police, Binh Duong province are detaining Nguyen Van Thong (born 2003, from Nghe An) to investigate and clarify his behavior.theft of property.
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Information at the police station. |
According to the investigation, in August 2022, Thong applied to work as a waiter at Ms. Nguyen Thi Ai Thanh's restaurant in Thoi Hoa ward, Ben Cat town. On September 4, Thong saw Ms. Thanh go into the kitchen and leave her cell phone on the counter, so he stole it. When he turned on the phone, Thong discovered that the phone had no password, so he logged into the banking app and transferred Ms. Thanh's VND 99,999,999 to his account.
After getting the money, Thong redeemed the phone he was pawning for 1.5 million VND, and gambled the rest online and lost all the money.
Ms. Thanh reported the incident to the police. Upon receiving the report, Ben Cat Town Police proceeded to track and arrest Thong./.