A MAN who pretended to be a delivery guy had stolen around P14,000 from a bakery located in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City on Sunday, July 2, 2023.
Supervisor of Pan de Manila-Mabolo branch Alnie Mirante, in an interview with SunStar Cebu on Monday, July 3, said the man identified himself as Junjun Ortega who claimed to be a delivery man from the bakery's partner logistics company.
Mirante said that Ortega went to the bakery around 1:25 a.m. Sunday and told the cashier that he needed to collect payment for the delivery of eggs to Pan de Manila's other branch in Mandaue City.
Mirante said that Ortega claimed that the head cashiers knew about the collection of payment, and even mentioned the names of Joan and Karen, both are head cashiers.
The cashier in-charge during such time, who was still on her second month, easily believed Ortega and gave him the forms and the money for payment.
Mirante also said that the incident was not the first time to happen in their branch, adding that the man has done this multiple times since 2017, but he was only identified recently because of the newly installed closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera that was installed in the store.
In previous incidents, the man had stolen money ranging from P6,000 to P8,000, said Mirante.
"He started doing this to us since 2017 and it took a while before he came back. They say he targets bakeries and uses the excuse of needing to collect payment for eggs," said Mirante.
"Our branch seems to be his target, but since we have rotating staff, the new employees don't know him," Mirante added.
Mirante said they have already filed a blotter around 4 p.m. Sunday. (Merry Razel Sister and Lesly Sagayap, NWSSU Interns)