Maid steals $12,000 after she was entrusted with employer’s bank card, claims she won the money from lottery winnings

SINGAPORE — A 76-year-old girl found that her home helper had stolen $12,000 from her over a number of months, leaving her with solely $244.65 in her financial institution. The helper, whose identify has solely been given as Farida, was given a seven-month jail sentence for stealing from her employer, Madam Chen.

The older girl had observed that Farida was purchasing for garments and equipment greater than regular and even stopped consuming meals that Mdm Chen’s household ate, shopping for costly objects resembling steak as an alternative. Farida, 41, had gained entry to Mdm Chen’s accounts after the employer had given her her financial institution card in addition to the main points of her account so she may assist Mdm Chen in withdrawing cash often.

Farida has labored for Mdm Chen since Could 2019. She first withdrew $500 from the aged girl’s account in March of this 12 months. As Mdm Chen didn’t discover the withdrawal, Farida grew daring and made a number of different withdrawals between March and September of this 12 months.

The cash in Mdm Chen’s account was composed of allowances that her kids had given her, Shin Min Day by day Information reported. She used the cash to purchase new garments and equipment, and later the police discovered that she had additionally bought lottery tickets and cellular pay as you go credit score. When Mdm Chen requested her about her frequent purchases, Farida lied.

“She informed me she gained the lottery and handled me to a meal. I felt it was unusual, however didn’t suspect something on the time,” Mdm Chen informed Shin Min Day by day Information.

Issues got here to a head when Mdm Chen tried to withdraw $300 on Sept 10, solely to search out out that there was solely $244.65 left in her account.

Mdm Chen then confronted Farida. The helper begged the aged girl to not file a report back to the police and promised to pay her again if she have been allowed to maintain working.

However upon the counsel of members of her household, Mdm Chen filed the report anyway.

Netizens commenting on the report stated that this ought to be a lesson in not trusting anybody with one’s financial institution particulars. “It’s a heavy worth to pay for trusting the flawed individual,” wrote one netizen.

“Giving maid the financial institution card is so flawed within the very 1st place … Irrespective of how lengthy she has labored for u…,” commented one other.

One other appeared to imagine that the aged girl was at the least partially at fault.

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