A 36-year-old Filipino woman was handed an eight-month jail sentence after being found guilty of stealing cash and property totaling more than S$25,000 (US$18,100) from her employer between September and October last year.
Michelle Maloom Abucay faced five charges of theft as a servant and two of transferring a total of S$626 to the Philippines. She had admitted to three counts of stealing from her 43-year-old employer Lee Hooi Wen at Riviera Drive in Singapore, the Chinese-language Lianhe Zaobao newspaper reported.
The theft was revealed on October 26 when Abucay requested the return of her passport to travel home the next day as her mother had died. When Lee’s husband opened the safe to fetch the passport, he found that some gold, jewelry and foreign currency were missing.
Learning of the incident from her husband, Lee conducted a search of her wardrobe, where a Louis Vuitton sling bag, five name-brand wallets, a Chanel bag and a brown Coach bag were also discovered to be missing.
Police investigations showed that Abucay had found the key for the safe in a drawer of the wardrobe, and helped herself to 2,000 Malaysian ringgit (US$465) in cash, The Straits Times reported.
Some of the missing items were sold with the help of a friend who did not know they had been stolen. An estimated S$10,000 worth of property had yet to be recovered as of the day of report.
Abucay’s lawyer said in mitigation that the woman had acted out of genuine financial need as she had to pay urgently for her mother’s medical treatments, who had been critically ill in hospital.
Before the incident, Abucay was said to have served two families faithfully for seven years in Hong Kong and five years in Singapore.
Myla Tepace your so lucky madam..but mostly d sila ng papadvance..galing din ako nyan.Kaya alam ko.Kong ikaw nman sa kalagayan nya gagawa ka rin ngnparaan maka tulong..un nga lng nakaw ang naging paraan nya para maka tulong sa nanay ..so be it.Knya2x yan
Hindi lahat ng amo na chinese kuripot pag dating sa usapang cash advance.basta maganda ang pakikipag usap mo pauutangin ka.amo ko chinese.oo madaldal sya..pero ng maki pag usap ako tongkol sa cash advance pina utang ako ng $3k kahit almost 7 months plang ako bumalik sa kanila.makipag usap ka ng puso sa puso maawain sila kahit mabunganga.
Kahit anu paman problema s pera manalig lng s itaas..
Nagnakaw ka nga nawala problema eh kapalit nmn habang buhay mu nmn kahihiyan at problema ..tapos ang laki p ng halaga ng ninakaw wag masilaw s pera kahit anu p ang problem n yan magdasal nlng tayo n may maawa at handang tumulong sayo …
sis ang ginawa u maling mali. aq nun namatay din father in law q pero cnvi q sa employer kna need q ng money to send to my family. the day after 2m 2months na sahod q binigay nla in cash. so im thankful to find a good employer. dnt hesitate to tell u ur employer f u have a problem. kz un ibng amo nman nka2intindi lalo kung alam nlang honest ka. itu2ring ka rin nlang family din. just open up to ur employer anytym.
Ang comment ko yung passport kasama sa lagayan ng mga alahas
Bat di nya kinuha passport
Bawal kunin ng amo ang passport
Not convinced!!!!
Magandang mag nakaw wag lang mahuli hahahahhaha
Kng ang dahilan mo lang ninakaw mo dahil maysakit amo mo sana pera lang ninakaw mo bakit pati mga branded bag?
Tama kahit mahirap.tiis tayo.wag lng mag nakaw..cguro nga gawain nya na yan kc bakit gamit ng amo ninakaw.nya
sana sis.nag sabi ka nalang sa employer mo.maki usap na pahiramin ka.maintindihan ka naman siguro(ganun ang bos ko.di pare pareho ang employer pero mas mabuti na yung maging tapat sa situation mo)kaysa magnakaw ka….(sad)
Omg,,,
para sayo d rason pero sa knya..un lng paraan nya maka tulong sa mama nya may sakit..atleast makutulong sya mama nya..bahala makulong sya diba.Pag abroad ka maam d malaman gagawin mo lalo na kong amo mo walang paki
Matagal.na sya saao siguro marunong lng sya makisama..pero it doesnt mean na matagal na ok ang amo nya.D natin alam
Tama ka,Sis…
Pero hindi rason yan para mgnakaw…