TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A man who stole two popsicles worth NT$30 (US$0.92) from a bed and breakfast in north Taiwan has been fined NT$180,000 and sentenced to six months in prison.

The Keelung District Court found that a man named Lin (林) broke into a bed and breakfast in the tourist town of Jiufen in July 2023 with the intention of stealing a refrigerator, per CNA. After being caught by the owner, he abandoned his target and made off with the two iced confections.

Lin was charged with aggravated theft for invading an inhabited residence. The judge who ruled on the case noted Lin’s prior convictions for theft, and said the six-month sentence and the fine, at a value of 6,000 times what he stole, was appropriate punishment for the crime.

Lin was sentenced to prison in 2020 for theft and drug related charges, and was released in January 2023.