Couple of Phnom Penh Restaurant Workers Stole $85K

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:11 pm

Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On February 17, 2022, Ly Chan, a 28-year-old man, and Moun Lita, a 24-year-old woman, who both live in house #67, street 118, Sangkat Teuk Laok 1, Khan Toul Kork, were accused of stealing a total of 85,369.45 USD over the past year, since January 2021.

The restaurant owner became suspicious when he noticed that the takings did not add up, and after the interrogation, the couple admitted to stealing from the restaurant. They have been arrested and are being held in custody for further proceedings.

AndyKK · Post by **AndyKK** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:16 pm

Tax free too, it makes one wonder what the restaurants normal years takings are.

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:21 pm

Imagine the bookkeeping if 10k, 20k, 30k, 40k, 50k.... goes missing unnoticed and the bell rings at 85k.

Jack.R. · Post by **Jack.R.** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:18 am

Kammekor wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:21 pm Imagine the bookkeeping if 10k, 20k, 30k, 40k, 50k.... goes missing unnoticed and the bell rings at 85k.

Bookkeeping in the kow

Most rich absentee bosses just check the machine report.
Staff just need not to type it in and pocket the bill, the only one that really would notice is the chef which won't speak if he is charge of buying produce as he gets a kick back from vendors as well.
Had some fun with some rich Khmer restaurant owners when i offered to give a look at their books and stock reports (usually after them saying that the restaurant dosen't make money even if quite busy) and regularly finding thousands of dollars missing in minutes. In a couple of restaurant downtown if i go in even years later i am like the Boogeyman.
But i won't order there anything but drinks in case they spit on my plate
Also i am avoiding to do this again as once the wife of a rich guy asked me to check their restaurant books as money seemed to disappear and after a round of interrogations the culprit was the husband's mistress raiding the cash register on a regular basis... Which let's just say opened a Pandora's box that was not worth opening.