Microfinance Officer Boozes Away 12M KHR of Customer's Money
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 12:32 pm
Cambodia News (Kandal): A 25-year-old man, Thon Odompahnaseth, a micro-finance officer at Meakea Finance, was arrested for stealing his customer's money on December 25, 2019, in Saang district, Kandal. The victim was identified as Kong Sophea, a 28-year-old man, a Branch manager.
The suspect had requested a day off to look after his grandma, who was allededly sick in Kampong Cham. When the man did not return to work the next day, and the other employees investigated some of his transactions and they noticed that 12M riel of a customer's money was missing, they called the police.
Five days after he had disappered from his job, the police raided the suspect's house and confiscated some equipment for stealing motorbikes, three motorbikes keys, one knife, a wallet, 1 ATM card, a motorbike card, and a bag .
The suspect confessed that he had collected the 12 million riels from his customer, and he took all that money and spent it drinking at the KTV. The suspect was sent to Saang police station to follow the legal action.
