By Elena Chong
FIVE Indian nationals were charged in a district court on Friday
with using fake casino chips.
This is the first case of its kind since Resorts World Sentosa
and Marina Bay Sands opened in February and April 2010.
Maqsud Ibrahim, 28, Gurav Vishal Sopan, 26, Shettiyar Kunabalan,
24, Soheel Ahmad Jalih Ahmad, 33 and Asfaq Usman, 25, are each
alleged to have used an unknown number of counterfeit chips valued
at $1,000 each by exchanging them into smaller denominations of the
genuine chips at Marina Bay Sands casino on Thursday.
They were remanded at Central police division lock-up with
permission to take them out for investigation.
All five will be back in court next Friday, Jan 7.
If convicted, they face a fine of up to $150,000 and/or a jail
term of up to seven years.