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Man stuffs $.37m into clothing, walks away in airport heist

By Mark Bassant CCN Senior Multimedia Investigative Journalist  May 7
 
More than $300,000 was allegedly stolen by a 23-year-old man from the Cambio Exchange booth inside the duty-free area of Piarco International Airport early Saturday morning.
Investigators say the daring heist, which took place in full view of surveillance cameras, happened shortly after 12.30 a.m. and the suspect stuffed all the money into his clothing and left the airport walking.
Senior law enforcement sources  who spoke to TV6 exclusively, said a man with the initials ETR had been working at the Cambio Exchange booth for the last three months.
Early Saturday morning, investigators say, the suspect was on duty with another male employee, who left on a break. 
When the employee returned to the Cambio booth about ten minutes later, he discovered all the local and foreign currency had vanished.
He reported the matter to authorities on the compound, who reviewed footage from surveillance cameras inside the Cambio booth.
That footage showed a man stuffing money into his clothing.
By that time, however, the suspect was long gone, having simply walked out of the airport, and has not been seen since.
A source close to the investigation told the Express investigators had no doubt the suspect kept the money in his clothing since the surveillance cameras showed him leaving the compound without any bags.
Investigators say it was quite possible some of the money was contained in small pouches that he had stashed on his person, and that is why he was able to walk out with such a large sum.
Moments later, a janitor found a bag containing Guyanese currency in a garbage bin inside the nearby men’s bathroom and alerted the authorities. In the black bag, police found 139,460 Guyanese dollars—about TT$4,000..... ;D 
They believe the suspect might have placed the money there because he was unable to fit any more cash on his person.
Cambio officials were called and together with police.
The Express was able to obtain an official document  showing the denominations of the local and foreign bank notes that were stolen:
• TT$159,742.83;
• US$20,285 (TT$131,041);
• euro3,440 (TT$26,926);
• Canadian $1,820 (TT$10,810);
• £2,255 (TT$20,956);
• Swiss Francs 3,090 (TT$19,559);
• Barbados $1,125 (TT$2,898);
• EC$440 (TT$928).
The total amount stolen has worked out to TT$372,860 after being calculated using the latest bank exchange selling rates. The Express understands that an all-points bulletin has been put out for a suspect, as Arouca police continue their investigations to determine if more than one person was in involved in the theft.

Dat fella know d value of FOREX...he get rid of all d Guyanese money ....
Ah say it, how ah see it

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Re: Man stuffs $.37m into clothing, walks away in airport heist
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2013, 08:23:07 AM »
he coulda keep de guyanese money and use it as toilet paper
soon ah go b ah lean mean bulling machine.

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Re: Man stuffs $.37m into clothing, walks away in airport heist
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2013, 11:08:00 AM »
he coulda keep de guyanese money and use it as toilet paper

lol!!
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Re: Man stuffs $.37m into clothing, walks away in airport heist
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2013, 04:05:10 PM »
I detest allyuh discriminating our fellow Caricom Sisters and Brothers currency. When tt OIL RUN OUT  and Guyana becomes rich(allyuh know they have potential), all ah allyuh go want to marry a Guyanese woman. Starting with Sam. :D

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Re: Man stuffs $.37m into clothing, walks away in airport heist
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2013, 08:56:00 PM »
Airport employee rewrites rules for take-home pay
Posted Wednesday 8 May 2013 by Mr. Live Wire in Good Morning
A brazen employee allegedly grabbed as much cash as he could hold, in full view of security cameras, and walked off the job in Trinidad. But enough about Jack Warner.

A 23-year-old Cambio Exchange employee at the Piarco International Airport supposedly drew up his own retirement package on Saturday morning as he walked off the job with over $300,000 strapped to his body.

His colleague told the Trinidad Express that he went for a break and, ten minutes later, returned to find that the young man was gone along with all the local and foreign currency, which worked out to about $5,000 pocketed every ten seconds.

Mr Live Wire cannot confirm that Finance Minister Larry Howai is now complaining that he undervalued himself for his service at FCB.

Unreliable witnesses claimed the employee insisted his unsanctioned take-home pay was actually a gift based on little-known small print in the “finders’ keepers” manual and that there was precedent for his actions. He supposedly retorted: “This is how we operate in the FIFA.”
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