Nine-Year-Old Boy Steals Parents’ Life Savings and Spends Over €3,000 on Sweets

Most young children are obsessed with sweets. In fact, they’re so obsessed that they usually don’t think twice about throwing a major if you tell them they can’t have that bar of chocolate they so desperately want.

When it comes to sweets, children are hard-wired to do whatever it takes to get them, and we have to say the following story just proves this point.

The Huffington Post reports that a nine-year-old Ukrainian boy spent an eye-watering $4,000 (or €3,200) at a sweet shop in Konotop, Ukraine earlier this month. Apparently the child was so desperate for sweets that he stole the money from his parents, who kept their life savings fund under their sofa.

But wait, it gets even better…

The child knew that his parents kept their life savings in dollars and euros rather than the local Ukrainian currency, so the little genius recruited an adult accomplice to help him convert the money.

Once the money was converted, the boy took himself to the nearest sweet shop and practically bought up the entire place.

Is it wrong that we're reminded of Augustus Gloop from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory?

The story came to light when the boy’s father noticed that the money was missing and contacted the police.

“The disappearance was first spotted by the father, a shift worker who had just returned home,” said a local police officer.

“He opened the stash and saw that it was empty,” the police officer added.

It’s unclear if the parent’s managed to get any of their money back, but one thing is for sure – we imagine that child is officially grounded for the rest of his life…