Ninja Van Deliveryman Stole 147 Items Worth Over $12K Along Areas in Choa Chu Kang

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Boon Hun
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Ninja Van Logistics has a pretty fool-proof system when it comes to processing and distributing their parcels.

Ninja Van delivery drivers will report to the warehouse to collect their goods for the day.

Before they can load up their vans, they have to scan a barcode to register the item into the system.

If the parcel was sorted wrongly and was supposed to go to another delivery driver, the system will issue a warning, thereafter it will be sorted out by the supervisor.

Unfortunately, this system also depends a lot on the trustworthiness of drivers.

Here’s what happened when a driver decides to test the system.

Ninja Van Deliveryman Stole 147 Items Worth Over $12K Along Areas in Choa Chu Kang

On 11 Aug, it was reported that a Ninja Van delivery driver, 38-year-old Adrian Chong Yuan Kit, has been stealing from his company.

In total, he stole 147 items worth over $12,000 within 3 months.

Tasked to delivery parcels along the Choa Chu Kang route, Chong would intentionally not scan any parcels that contained items which he wants but still place them within the van.

Then, he’ll deliver the remaining parcels while keeping those he has selected for himself.

How He Was Caught

It all started with an internal audit.

Ninja Van Logistics decided to conduct a check on how many parcels went missing back in end-April. During the audit, they realised that Chong has an unusual spike of missing parcels since Feb 2020.

Suspicious, the company decided to carry out a test.

On 21 May 2020, a manager placed a parcel containing a bottle of Dettol soap and a Huawei phone into Chong’s pallet. The parcel wasn’t meant for Chong’s route, and if he had scanned the parcel, he would’ve gotten the error message.

Then, he kept a close eye on Chong.

Chong, however, didn’t scan the parcel into the system and proceeded to put the item in the van. The manager confronted Chong and he admitted to wanting to steal the parcel and was reported to the police.

If you’re thinking, wah, need to go that far meh, Ninja Van isn’t the first delivery service to do this kind of switcheroo.

According to a Daily Mail article back in 2018, Amazon allegedly placed fake parcels into their delivery drivers’ vans to check their “integrity”.

He Will Be Sentenced On 18 Aug

Investigations by the police revealed that Chong has been stealing since Feb 2020 until 21 May 2020.

Some of the 147 items misappropriated by Chong includes electronics, massage machines, a gaming monitor, mobile phones and hand sanitiser.

In total, the items were worth S$12,104. All of the items were recovered when the police went through Chong’s residence.

The prosecution has asked for 7 months’ jail for Chong, saying his crime involved premeditation and took place over an extended period of time.

Chong, on the other hand, said he was “truly sorry” and simply wanted to help his family “gain a happy life”.

He added that he was wrong and should’ve simply worked hard and not look for shortcuts.

The judge deferred Chong’s sentencing to 18 Aug so that he can make arrangements for his family, which he is the sole breadwinner of.

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