A female employee steals jewelry worth 2 million yuan from the company after six months on the job! Over 500 items involved in an "ant-moving" style scheme, with the method exposed.

A jewelry thief stole 2 million yuan worth of company valuables after only six months on the job!

On March 17, the Yaojiang Police Station in Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province, announced that they recently uncovered a shocking embezzlement case where a warehouse clerk stole over 500 pieces of jewelry from the company.

Earlier this year, the police received a report from Mr. Zhou, the owner of a jewelry company, who said that nearly half a year of jewelry had been missing, especially high-value items like Baroque, Australian white, and Tahitian naked pearls.

Due to the large amount involved and suspicion of long-term internal theft, Mr. Zhou decided to report the case to the police.

After receiving the report, Officer Qi Yangkun quickly arrived at the scene to investigate. Through communication with relevant internal staff, the police gradually reconstructed the daily management process of the jewelry.

It was learned that the company’s regular jewelry was stored in the warehouse, where live stream hosts could select jewelry based on their needs during broadcasts. After the broadcast, the jewelry was returned to the warehouse, with warehouse clerk Yao responsible for entry and exit records.

High-value pearls like Baroque, Australian white, and Tahitian were stored separately in a safe in Mr. Zhou’s office. The hosts could take small amounts as needed for broadcasts and return them afterward.

During the investigation, Qi Yangkun identified two obvious issues: first, the management of warehouse entry and exit records was lax, with clerk Yao neglecting her duties, and daily records often mismatched with actual inventory; second, after using the naked pearls, hosts often failed to return them to the safe promptly, sometimes handing them over to Yao for return.

Based on these suspicions, Qi Yangkun conducted an in-depth investigation and found that Yao was a major suspect.

The investigation revealed that Yao had repaid a previous 100,000 yuan debt within just six months, and her personal account showed several large, unexplained transactions that did not match her normal income.

Faced with these doubts, police summoned Yao to the station for questioning. Initially, Yao tried to deny the allegations, but under detailed interrogation and solid evidence, her defenses broke down, and she admitted to stealing jewelry from the company over a long period.

Yao explained that starting in August 2025, due to decreased wages and personal debts, she began stealing from the warehouse.

Initially, she took advantage of her position to secretly disassemble 18K and 14K gold fittings from the jewelry in hidden parts of the warehouse, carrying small amounts home after work each day. Once she accumulated enough, she sold the jewelry at pawn shops at current gold prices.

For high-value naked pearls, since she had limited contact with them daily, she helped hosts return the pearls and secretly kept some for herself.

In total, Yao used a “migrant worker” style method over six months to steal more than 500 pieces of jewelry, involving approximately 2 million yuan.

Currently, suspect Yao has been taken into criminal detention according to law, and the case is under further investigation.

Based on reports from Qilu Evening News and Zhuji police.

Source: Peninsula Metropolitan Daily