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Jul 7, 2010
3 convicted of casino theft
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> 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.
