INSIDEjob?
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
August 1, 2018 12:50am CST
We had the local news that a local bank was robbed PhP 135 million last night at 8PM. The bank is situated near the cathedral and we usually pass by the bank every Sunday. The news on Facebook stated that at 8PM, several armed and uniformed robbers forcefully entered at the backdoor while the employees were counting the money.
The 3 security guards were not able to do anything, that is why there are wild guesses that the robbery is inside job. Maybe these guards left the backdoor open that was why the men entered the bank. 8PM is still a busy hour.
This is the third bank that was robbed. And yet the 1st 2 banks’ robberies are not yet resolved.
I hope the chief of police here in our city will do his job of catching the robbers. One of the bank too, refused to pay the stolen money since the manager said the money was not in the vault but outside. Do you accept his reason?
One netizen also said the remittances of the overseas workers sent through that bank are already gone up in smoke.
That is why I wish this crime will be solved ASAP.
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12 responses
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Aug 18
@ridingbet I can understand you're not accepting that. However, I think the bank manager was clever in saying that because he was hoping the robbers weren't smart enough to know he was lying to them. In that way, he kept the money safe for his depositors and investors.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Aug 18
@just4him it could be. maybe he had companions who planned the robbery. as of now, there are no suspects yet.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
the manager actually refused to accept the money of the depositors as insured because he said they are not kept in the vault. i will not accept that reason because it is stated in the bank policy that money is insured when deposited there, or in any other bank.
so far, the police are still facing a blank wall- no suspects yet.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
there are CCTVs in front but none at the back door, apparently. it was noted there was a white van parked near the bank and nobody knew who the riders were
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Aug 18
@simplfred well, i believe these criminals have no conscience at all, so it is useless for them to clean themselves with Safeguard (because they should have 'malinis ang konsensya')
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
@ridingbet It is really planned very well. Maybe the only chance that we will know the culprit if one of them is attack by his/her conscience.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
2 Aug 18
@ridingbet They must get training how on handle the situations.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Aug 18
@Sreekala apparently, the security office have not trained their employees on proper handling of situations like that.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
yes, robbers are now high-tech as what we say here. the security guards here apparently are not trained on how to apprehend robbers in action.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
1 Aug 18
That's just horrible. There's no limit to the greed of these people and what prompt them to steal in the first place.
I mean what's the point of hiring security guards if they're not going fight these robbers.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
i agree with you. the latest is it is P14.5 million that was taken. there are news circulating around about the amount taken and we do not know how much was stolen. the security guards are brought in for questioning, under lie detector test
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
2 Aug 18
@ridingbet If those two managers ignored the policy they should be questioned by the police more. I am sure they are guilty.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
i agree with you. one of the banks that was robbed few months ago had the manager refusing to pay the stolen money to the depositors because, same reason, money was not in the vault. there are bank rules and policies about insuring the money and i don't know why these 2 managers ignore that policy
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@Jessabuma (31696)
• Baguio, Philippines
1 Aug 18
OMG! that's scary incident. Hopefully they will find and catch the robbers
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
good thing no lives were taken. but the thought of being in that situation, maybe i will urinate without control.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
the robbers came with police uniforms. i just wonder why there was no CCTV at the back door.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Aug 18
yes, that is wht we are thinking about.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
1 Aug 18
I hope the robbers will be caught; seems the bank lack some security cameras?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
yes that is true. the bank is located along a busy street so i wonder how these robbers are brave enough to put a stint like that.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Aug 18
@acelawrites yes i agree with you. it could be because the president is also showing his 'bad side' that is why people follow him? just my thought.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
@ridingbet we just wonder why criminals are really so daring these days.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
my city is not so known to the social media so it is not posted on FB or announced on national news.
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