Driver stole money and foreign currency worth more than 1.5 billion VND from the company
As a company driver, Khoa knew that the department head often kept large sums of money in his office drawer, so he broke in and stole more than 1 billion VND and 21,100 USD...
On January 4, Lieutenant Colonel Tran Binh Trong, Head of the Criminal Police Department, Long An Provincial Police, said that he had just quickly discovered a theft of property including money and foreign currency worth more than 1.5 billion VND, and temporarily detained Nguyen Dang Khoa (born 1988, from Tien Giang).
According to the case file, on the morning of January 2, Mr. TNT (born in 1987, residing in Cho Gao, Tien Giang), the representative of a company with 100% Korean investment capital, headquartered in Hamlet 7, Nhi Thanh Commune, Thu Thua District, Long An Province, went to Thu Thua District Police to report that a thief broke into the cabinet and stole more than 1 billion VND in cash and many USD.
Receiving the report, Thu Thua District Police coordinated with the Criminal Police Department and Provincial Police to examine the scene, extract camera footage, and take statements from many people to identify the subject.
After more than a day of investigation, the suspect emerged to be Khoa, the contract driver for this company, so the Criminal Police Department invited Khoa to come in for questioning. After many hours of denying his guilt until late at night on January 3, Khoa admitted his actions.
Accordingly, on the morning of December 31, Khoa drove a car carrying Korean employees of the company to Vung Tau for fun, and returned to Long An that same evening. Khoa did not return home but slept inside the car parked outside the company premises.
At around 1:30 a.m. on January 1, due to lack of money, Khoa came up with the idea of breaking into the company to steal property. Because he often went in and out of the Department Head's office, Khoa knew where the money was hidden inside the desk drawer.
Khoa took a crowbar, put on a mask, climbed over the fence, went through the window, broke into the office, pried open a drawer, took more than 1 billion and 21,100 USD and put them in a plastic bag.
Khoa went up to the third floor, climbed the fire escape, got out, and drove to a hotel to sleep. At 7am the same day, Khoa drove to work as usual as if nothing had happened.
After work, Khoa took the money and ran back to his rented room in District 7 (Ho Chi Minh City) to withdraw 50 million to spend. Khoa put the remaining money in a shoe box, wrapped it with tape and gave it to a friend to keep.
On the morning of January 3, Khoa went to work at the company and was arrested by the police, who recovered 950 million VND and 21,100 USD.