MBS employee charged with pocketing $13k worth of chips

[Musashi Miyamoto]

Dec 30, 2010

MBS employee charged with pocketing $13k worth of chips

By Elena Chong

A CROUPIER was charged in a district court on Thursday with pocketing $13,000 worth of chips from his employer.

Lim Kim Yeou, 28, a Malaysian, is alleged to have dishonestly converted cash chips totalling $13,000 to his own use at the casino of Marina Bay Sands on Wednesday.

He is also accused of having the chips outside a designated site - in a flat at Whampoa West that evening.

He was remanded at Central police division lock-up for investigation. He will appear in court on Thursday Jan 6.

If convicted of criminal breach of trust, he can be jailed for up to 15 years and fined.

The other offence is punishable with a fine of up to $150,000 or a jail term of up to five years or to both.

 

[Zuo Ci]

Apr 28, 2011

Ex-croupier jailed for taking cash chips worth $42k

By Elena Chong

A FORMER casino croupier was jailed for 13 months on Thursday for misappropriating cash chips amounting to $42,000.

Malaysian Lim Kim Yeou, 28, was working at Marina Bay Sands when he dishonestly converted cash chips totalling $42,000 for his own use in December 2010.

A district court heard that the offence was discovered on Dec 29 when there was a shortfall of three pieces of $5,000 casino cash chips at a baccarat table.

Closed-circuit television footage showed Lim had stolen chips in $1,000 and $5,000 denominations amounting to $13,000, on three occasions that day.

The court heard that he had hid the stolen chips in his shirt via the shirt collar and on two occasions, concealed them in his right shoe.

Further investigation showed that he had also stolen casino cash chips on nine other occasions totalling $29,000 that month. He could have been jailed for up to 15 years and fined.