I feel like this is a non-answer, though to be honest I don't think there's a "save this guy's job" answer here.
Still, since it's legal to hire a sex worker in that part of the world, then he should start by filing the police report, and just report to work that the laptop was stolen from his hotel room, and that he's filed a police report. If they need more details than that, he may have to come clean; since it's an error of judgement rather than an illegal act, and he's a guy, you never know -- it might be viewed as stupid but not worth firing him for right away, depending on the workplace culture.
Lying about the situation will definitely not go anywhere good when he is inevitably caught.
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I feel like this is a non-answer, though to be honest I don't think there's a "save this guy's job" answer here.
Still, since it's legal to hire a sex worker in that part of the world, then he should start by filing the police report, and just report to work that the laptop was stolen from his hotel room, and that he's filed a police report. If they need more details than that, he may have to come clean; since it's an error of judgement rather than an illegal act, and he's a guy, you never know -- it might be viewed as stupid but not worth firing him for right away, depending on the workplace culture.
Lying about the situation will definitely not go anywhere good when he is inevitably caught.