Sneaky Thai maid steal 500k TBH from American tourist

Thai maid steals valuables worth 500k THB from American tourist, buys car with the proceeds

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A Thai woman has confessed to stealing valuables worth almost 500,000 baht from an American tourist in Pattaya.
Pimsiri Boonchu, 26, was working as a maid at the Vogue Hotel in Pattaya Klang when she committed the theft earlier this month.
American Tracy Nguyen, 48, told police how she had put the ‘do not disturb’ sign before leaving her room at the hotel on 4 August.
But when she returned she found that her valuables were missing, including $3,500 in cash, diamond earrings worth $6,000, a gold bracelet worth $2,000, a platinum necklace and bracelet worth $2,100 and a designer handbag worth $700. Also missing was Ms Nguyen’s passport, credit card and driving license.
Police say that in total 464,000 baht worth of valuables were stolen from Ms Nguyen, who has now returned to the United States.
After the theft Pimsiri, who suddenly quit her job as a maid, sold the stolen items and bought a Honda Civic car with the proceeds.
Police finally tracked down Pimsiri to an address in the Nong Prue area of the city on Saturday where she was arrested.
Pattaya police chief Pol Col Apichai Krobpetch said the theft damaged the reputation of Pattaya and urged hotels to be more thorough when vetting staff.
However, the Pol Col added that Ms Nguyen said the incident hadn’t put her off Pattaya and that she said she intended to return to the resort again in the future.

The report from Manager didn’t mention if any of the items were returned to Ms Nguyen.

Lot of valuables to take to a crap hotel like that

Theft is easy enough nowadays, but then quitting and buying a car with the proceeds is sort of a clue that even Thai investigators are likely to follow up.

Reminds me of the retards that robbed a gold shop in soi Bukhaow (?) and were caught not long after selling the gold at another local gold shop.

Tip to thieves: If you get away with a theft, bury the loot for use a long term ahead and continue living as you were before.

The American tourist has not known that such valuables (even of less value) cannot be left in a room, whether it is in Pattaya or anywhere else in the world?