The cash delivery man who was arrested for stealing HKD1.68 million from an HSBC cash machine was apparently identified by his “distinctive” Nike Jordans, police said yesterday.
Who knew his sneakers would make him so bad at sneaking around? It doesn’t always pay to be fleeky, we suppose.
Man Koon-sun, aged 31, pleaded guilty to one count of theft in District Court yesterday, saying that he took the money to start a business with his girlfriend in China, SCMP reports.
On Jan. 21, the 31-year-old took two cash boxes containing 1,700 HKD500 notes from an ATM in Domain Mall about half an hour after his colleagues finished filling the cash machines.
To diminish suspicion, Man then told bank staff he was called “Chi-man” (his colleague’s name), which is a dick move if we’ve ever heard one.
Despite CCTV footage showing that Man was masked during the theft, one of the investigating police officers told SCMP that they identified the culprit by his “distinctive” white Jordans.
Man was arrested on Jan. 27 and HKD1.1 million in cash was recovered from his home in Ma On Shan. Under police caution, Man said that he had taken the missing HKD0.7 million to Shenzhen to start a business with his girlfriend.
In mitigation, Man’s lawyer said the divorced father had “quite a heavy financial burden”, having to set aside HKD8,000 of his HKD14,000 salary every month for his ex-wife, son, and parents.
Man will be sentenced on May 24.
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