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Talk about kicking someone when they are depressed.
Caregiver for a sick 82-year-old woman, a domestic worker did the unthinkable, diverting $ 1,500 from the woman’s bank account for two months, her employer claimed in a Shin Min Daily News report today (September 1).
The Indonesian domestic worker is under investigation for her alleged involvement in a case of dishonest misappropriation of property, police confirmed.
The woman’s 60-year-old daughter told reporters that the aide, who remains unnamed, had been hired in February to care for her mother.
After a stroke, her mother underwent surgery in July and has been in a vegetative state ever since.
The family had a good impression of their helper at first, as he was friendly and hard-working, the daughter said.
“We trusted her. She was the only one at home with my mother. Usually, she took my mother to her medical appointments and used my mother’s bank card to pay the fees.”
“We never thought she would be so dishonest. She didn’t even let go of an older person on her last breath.”
She first suspected something was wrong in mid-August, when she and her family found a bank statement on the old woman’s Bukit Panjang apartment that showed numerous transfers to Dash, a mobile wallet, she recalled.
“My mother is the type of person who needs the help of her children to get money from the bank. How could she know how to use a mobile wallet?”
Upon further examination, the family found 19 suspicious transactions. Ranging from $ 50 to $ 100 each, the transactions totaled $ 1,500.
Some transactions date back to June, while others are as recent as August.
“At that point, my mother was already in a vegetative state, so we suspect the helper did,” he said.
The family filed a police report on August 12.
The domestic worker later admitted that she had linked her Dash account to the old woman’s debit card after police officers visited the apartment, the daughter said.
According to the domestic worker, the money was intended to be her pay for the month of June, although she did not offer an explanation as to why the transactions were extended until August, she added.
The domestic worker is currently at her agency while investigations are ongoing.
“We are still paying for his daily meals. We will find out what’s next after the investigation results are revealed.
“I hope you can’t just leave and go back to your country, so we decided to share our plight and we hope everyone mistrusts this,” said the woman’s daughter.
