ATM card theft case
A former household employee of Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva was arrested yesterday on charges of stealing an ATM debit card.
She is accused of using the card to withdraw Bt873,500.Chalao Chanchum, 51, was arrested at her rented Chatuchak home after Abhisit complained to police on December 5 that a substantial sum had disappeared from a Kasikornbank account. Police said the woman was recorded by a closed-circuit-television camera withdrawing money in Mor Chit. Chalao worked as a domestic helper in Abhisit's Sukhumvit Soi 31 home for five years before resigning at the end of September. Police said she removed one of two Kasikornbank ATM cards from an office drawer on numerous occasions. She made 121 withdrawals since March last year, taking between Bt500 and Bt10,000 each time. Chalao allegedly told police she wanted money to buy expensive items to show off to her friends. The Nation
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