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He swiped the ATM card and his sister knew the PIN.
Working together, a pair of teenage brothers withdrew $ 28,600 from their grandmother’s bank account in one week in March., Lianhe Zaobao reported.
The 18-year-old boy and his 19-year-old sister went shopping, splurging various items such as clothing, cosmetics, branded products and smartphones.
When the police asked them about shopping, the brothers admitted that they had paid for the items with money stolen from their 80-year-old grandmother.
The girl was also found to have transferred $ 1,000 to her mother’s bank account. However, the woman was unaware that the money was obtained illegally.
At the time of the incident, the couple lived with their grandmother.
When the elderly woman called the police to discover that her ATM card was missing, she did not know that the culprit was her own grandson.
The brothers have been charged with the crime.
Facing a total of five charges, the boy pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery and one count of indecent assault.
He will be sentenced at a later date.
