Post office employee 'stole' more than 1.3 billion VND from safe and fled

On August 31, Duong Hoang Minh, 29 years old, was prosecuted and temporarily detained by Lam Dong police for investigation of his behavior.Embezzlement of property.

According to the investigation, Minh is a post office employee of Giao Hang Tiet Kiem Joint Stock Company in Lam Dong province. He was assigned to be a coordinator, handling work related to orders, collecting money daily and depositing it into the company's bank account.

Minh's specific job is to count and deposit the money that the delivery staff brings to the bank. As for the money brought back in the evening, Minh will put it in the company's safe to keep. During the weekends, Minh collected more than 1.3 billion VND in goods from Lien Nghia warehouse and put it in the safe.

Investigators determined that in June, Minh and his wife had a conflict and were upset, wanting to leave home. At that time, the suspect discovered that the money management of the company where he worked had many loopholes, so he immediately had the idea of ​​stealing and then fleeing abroad.

Duong Hoang Minh listens to the decision to prosecute and temporarily detain. Photo:Lam Dong

On the morning of June 6, Minh arrived at the company, at this time there was no one around, immediately opened the safe, took out more than 1.3 billion VND, put it in a backpack, took a bus to Ho Chi Minh City. After that, Minh asked for information and went to Rach Gia City (Kien Giang) to take a ferry to Phu Quoc Island, looking for a way to escape to Cambodia. However, his escape was unsuccessful, so he had to return to Ho Chi Minh City.

Here, Minh rented a room and went everywhere to hide from the police, but knowing that he could not escape his actions, he returned to his hometown and turned himself in to Lam Dong police on August 25.

Working with the police, Minh admitted his actions and said he used more than 910 million VND to buy motorbikes, phones, jewelry, computers and other expenses while on the run, some of which was used for gambling.