Mother's Keepsakes Stolen After Hired Cleaner Found on Daangn Market

A man in his 20s has been arrested by police on charges of stealing valuables from a client's home after being hired as a daily housekeeper through the second-hand trading platform Daangn.

The Seoul Nowon Police Station announced on the 5th that they booked the man in his 20s, identified as A, on theft charges.

A is accused of visiting the home of the victim, B, located in Nowon-gu, Seoul, on August 2 and 3, and stealing cash amounting to 60,000 won and precious items kept inside a wardrobe, including a pearl necklace, gold ring, and gold bracelet that were keepsakes left by B's mother.

On August 1, A approached B, who was looking for a daily housekeeper on the second-hand platform Daangn, accepted the job, cleaned B's home for about three hours the next day, and received a daily wage.

Later, when B complained that the cleaning quality was unsatisfactory, A visited B's home again on the 3rd, cleaned for about an hour, and left.

The following day, B noticed that the jewelry case kept in the wardrobe had disappeared.

Initially, B reportedly intended not to report the incident to the police if the mother's keepsakes could be returned. However, upon learning that A had already sold the jewelry to a gold shop and melted some of it down, making recovery impossible, B filed a police report.

It was confirmed that A stated the crime was committed while suffering from personal debt, such as pressure from loan sharks.

Police plan to investigate A regarding the exact amount stolen and the motive for the crime before forwarding the case to prosecutors.
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