It reads like a movie: An employee of a money transport company is said to have stolen several million euros. The 28-year-old and the money disappeared since Pentecost.
Bremen – A 28-year-old employee of a money transport company in Bremen is said to have stolen several million euros in cash. The police and the public prosecutor’s office are investigating serious theft and using photos to find the suspect.
The woman was on the run after the theft, said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor’s office on Friday. Another woman who is suspected of aiding and abetting is already in custody. The “Weser-Kurier” had previously reported on the case on Friday.
According to the information, the theft had already occurred on May 21, the Friday before Pentecost. The spokeswoman said it was only noticed on Tuesday after the holiday weekend that the money had disappeared. When asked, she did not give an exact amount. According to the “Weser courier”, it should be eight million euros.
According to the investigators in the company in the Walle district, the employee was responsible for packing funds ordered by customers, which are then delivered with a security transport. On the day of the crime, the 28-year-old is said to have put several security bags filled with money in a roll container and then called in sick. The roll container is said to have been loaded into a black van later.
The spokeswoman gave no details about the exact course of events. It is still being determined how exactly the money in the container could be smuggled out of the company. The van itself was filmed by a surveillance camera. According to the investigators, the Bremen license plates had been stolen shortly before. The vehicle was a rental car that had been rented from a rental company in Berlin-Spandau two days earlier and was put back on the weekend of Pentecost.
The money and the 28-year-old have since disappeared. In the meantime, there have been indications that the woman has gone abroad, said the prosecutor’s spokeswoman. Where the alleged perpetrator is currently located is unknown.
The investigators are now relying on evidence from the population and published photos of the suspects. The spokeswoman said they were looking for clues about the woman’s whereabouts and the whereabouts of the money. In addition, the investigators are also interested in clues to possible accomplices, the black transporter, the roll container and the stolen license plates. The company concerned did not want to comment on the case when asked by the dpa.
The investigation is being conducted into a particularly serious case of theft. According to the public prosecutor’s office, this carries a prison sentence of up to ten years. dpa
