3 convicted of casino theft
TWO men and a woman were convicted of theft of gaming chips from
casinos on Wednesday.
Carpenter Chen ShuChun, 39, was jailed for two weeks after he
admitted to stealing two pieces of $100 chips from Mr Tan Wee Soon,
63, at Marina Bay Sands casino on June 25. A magistrate's court
heard that the victim was playing roulette when he went to sit on a
chair in between another roulette table where he had also placed
his bet.
Chen, a Chinese national, took the opportunity to shift Mr Tan's
$200 bet from the red colour box to the third column bet without
consent. The victim found his winning bet and the $400 chips he was
supposed to get missing and informed the croupier.
Meanwhile, Chen had claimed his winning of $600 from the third
column bet and left. He subsequently gambled away the money. He was
arrested on July 5 at the casino.
In the same court, another Chinese national Qu Lihua, 43, a
study mama, was fined a total of $6,000 for theft of gaming chips
worth $1,000 and $750 from two men at Resorts World Sentosa casino
on May 18 and June 10 respectively.
A Singaporean freelance employment agent, Thio Sin Huan, 60, was
fined a total of $4,000 for theft of two $25 chips at RWS casino on
May 4. Another two similar charges were taken into consideration.
The maximum penalty for theft is a jail term of up to three years
and a fine.
-- ST