A
Admiral Piett
Guest
Ex-casino dealer jailed 2 years for CBT
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 25 July 2011 1428 hrs
<table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="260"><tbody><tr><td align="right" width="20">
</td><td align="right" width="240">
</td><td class="update" height="80" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="f6f6f6" width="138">Photos </td><td bgcolor="f6f6f6" width="47">1 of 1</td><td bgcolor="f6f6f6" width="18"><input disabled="disabled" id="btnPrev" value="<< Previous" src="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/images/butt_previous.gif" height="15" type="image" width="18"></td><td bgcolor="f6f6f6" width="19"><input id="bntPlay" value="Play - Stop" src="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/images/butt_stop.gif" height="15" type="image" width="19"></td><td bgcolor="f6f6f6" width="18"><input disabled="disabled" id="btnNext" value=" Next >> " src="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/images/butt_next.gif" height="15" type="image" width="18"></td></tr></tbody></table>
</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td class="update">
</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
SINGAPORE: A former casino dealer has been sentenced to two years' jail for criminal breach of trust, after pleading guilty to the offence.
Twenty-three-year-old Kent Oh Zhi Xiang was entrusted with casino chips on a daily basis as he was a dealer at the Resorts World Sentosa casino.
But Oh devised a plan to cheat his former employer in July last year and within just four months managed to make off with about S$100,000 worth of casino chips.
Oh had worked with two alleged accomplices to swindle the casino. They were his friend, 33-year-old Lim Chee Leng, and Lim's father, 56-year-old Lim Eng Chin, who is a taxi driver.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Ruth Wong said as part of the ruse, the father-and-son pair would approach Oh to exchange either S$500 or S$1,000 chips for those in smaller denominations.
Oh would hand them more S$100 chips than what they were entitled to.
He overpaid them with some S$100,000 worth of chips between July and November last year.
DPP Wong said that the ill-gotten gains were shared equally between Oh and the Lims.
But they were caught after a casino pit manager received a tip-off from another punter.
Oh was observed overpaying the Lims on a closed-circuit television footage and the authorities were alerted.
DPP Wong pressed for a jail term of about two years as the crime was committed on numerous occasions.
She stressed that Oh had made no restitution and such offences are usually difficult to detect.
Lim Chee Leng, who is jobless, and his father have already been charged in court with the offence. They will be dealt with at a later date.
- CNA/al
