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A maid was sentenced to four months and two weeks in jail on Monday (Aug 31) after stealing her employer’s gold chain and bracelet worth at least $6,300.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman, identified as 46-year-old Rustini from Indonesia, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement and another count of deception, which was taken into consideration during sentencing, reported Shin Min Daily News.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Charge sheets seen by AsiaOne state that Rustini was employed as a domestic helper at an HDB flat in Ang Mo Kio.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When her employer, 41, was out or travelling abroad between January and April this year, Rustini allegedly entered his bedroom, opened locked drawers and stole the jewellery.<\/p>\n
To avoid detection, she reportedly replaced the stolen items with counterfeits.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Although her employer suspected in January this year that his gold bracelet had been swapped for a fake, he did not confront Rustini at the time, Shin Min reported.<\/p>\n
The gold bracelet, worth at least $2,000, and gold chain, worth at least $4,300, were stolen on two separate occasions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On April 14, Rustini’s employer reportedly discovered his gold chain had been replaced with a counterfeit and questioned her. When Rustini admitted to the theft, her employer lodged a police report.<\/p>\n
Rustini reportedly told investigators that she had used the stolen gold bracelet as collateral to borrow $1,000 from a friend, who had already returned to Indonesia. She also pawned the gold chain and received $4,300 in cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In mitigation, Rustini reportedly pleaded for leniency, saying she was the sole breadwinner for her family and had four school-going children to support, according to Shin Min.<\/p>\n
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