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Couple's wedding money stolen

madoka

madoka

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Man I feel for these guys. I'm surprised though that they didn't have someone watching over their money box.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/thief-makes-off-20-000-020125463.html

The newlyweds said their vows during a traditional Vietnamese-Chinese ceremony last Saturday. The celebration moved to a Rosemead restaurant, where more than 250 guests turned out for the reception.

Many left gifts of cash in a heart-shaped box.

"We were by the entrance taking pictures with guests, quite distracted and quite busy at the moment," said newlywed Anh Bach.

Surveillance video shows a man entering the restaurant, grabbing the gift box and then running out the door.

"One of my friends told me like, 'Oh, they took the money,' so then I instantly just ran out the door and tried to chase after him," said groom Kenny Diep.

"I almost fainted," said Bach. "I was in disbelief that it was happening."

The thief got away with around $20,000.

"What hurts most is I want to be happy the whole night and I know everybody was feeling pretty bummed out the whole night," said Diep.

The couple had hoped to use the money to take a honeymoon trip to Japan and Vietnam with family members and pay wedding expenses.

"It took us over a year to plan the wedding and a few years to save up for the wedding so something like this was devastating," Bach said.

Now, they're hoping someone will recognize the suspect and help the police capture him.
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While I do feel bad for the unlucky couple, why wasn't there a single person put in charge of watching it in the first place?
 
Damn, that's got to suck. I guess it's one of those things that's easy to overlook when dealing with such a huge event. Lot of mixed emotions from stress to excitement etc. But yeah definitely should have had someone in charge to keep an eye on it and perhaps bolt it down or something.
 
Anubis said:
never a chinese one but all the ones ive been to have been held at places places that have limited access from rando people
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It's a wedding. Aren't there a lot of random people? Went to one a couple of years ago at a local church. Woman stole the bride's purse and before the bride could get to the reception, the thief had already tried to use her cards at wal mart. The biggest issue was the passports for the honeymoon. And, yes, someone should have locked a door or something. The church did have hi-def cameras so the thief got caught. Probably served 24hrs.
 
That's awful.

I've been to Chinese weddings in US - they shower the couple with money rather than western-style material presents.

They really should've designated someone to watch the money. 🙁
 
Side note I didn't get anywhere near $20k for my wedding but I also wasn't planning on getting that much to pay for it or our honeymoon
 
highland145 said:
It's a wedding. Aren't there a lot of random people? Went to one a couple of years ago at a local church. Woman stole the bride's purse and before the bride could get to the reception, the thief had already tried to use her cards at wal mart. The biggest issue was the passports for the honeymoon. And, yes, someone should have locked a door or something. The church did have hi-def cameras so the thief got caught. Probably served 24hrs.
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i dont consider invited guests or staff as random people. so no there are not a lot of random public people there
 
Anubis said:
never a chinese one but all the ones ive been to have been held at places places that have limited access from rando people
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This is why you should only hold weddings/receptions outside in a lovely field, way out in the country and accessible only by dirt and gravel roads, surrounded by water teeming with gators.
 
zinfamous said:
This is why you should only hold weddings/receptions outside in a lovely field, way out in the country and accessible only by dirt and gravel roads, surrounded by water teeming with gators.
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Go all out and dig temporary moat around the ceremony/reception area. Fill it with alligators that haven't been fed for weeks. Also introduce Australian crocodiles in them too.

Then electric fences.

The point of entries are granted by card scans + 2 factor authentication
 
Anubis said:
i dont consider invited guests or staff as random people. so no there are not a lot of random public people there
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So how did they limit access? I've never had to show an invitation or anything to get into one, the bride and groom tend to be a bit busy so they aren't watching the door and even if they were keeping an eye out there are tons of +1s they won't recognize.
 
ITT: people who have been to 3 western weddings and a bunch of Asians who have been to 733774949 weddings
 
Most of the weddings I've been to or helped at were in a church followed by a rented hall, so no random people.

Was doing sound for a wedding at church once and we were using a VHF wireless mic during the vows and randomly started hearing truckers on the PA system "10-4 over roger that". We had a really good reception.
 
$20k?! DAMN. If I ever got married I would be happy to get an item off a wedding registry list at Walmart. 😛
 
i'm asian and yes i have been to events like this, a serious question though is who just gives physical cash?

i used to write a check and put it in a card, now i just venmo or paypal if possible. much of that money is likely recoverable
 
RichieZ said:
i'm asian and yes i have been to events like this, a serious question though is who just gives physical cash?

i used to write a check and put it in a card, now i just venmo or paypal if possible. much of that money is likely recoverable
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Lots of people. And they better be brand new crisp $100's or you bring shame to your family.
 
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if you're gonna have a silly tradition of giving cash then balance with a sane tradition of somebody in charge of watching over $20,000. or at least securing it somehow...
 
slayer202 said:
if you're gonna have a silly tradition of giving cash then balance with a sane tradition of somebody in charge of watching over $20,000. or at least securing it somehow...
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That could be my retirement job. I'll guard cash boxes for a .5% cut + all the whisky I want.
 
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