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Three men jailed for fake casino chips scam
Published on Nov 8, 2011
By Elena Chong
Three Malaysian men were each jailed for 45 months on Tuesday for conspiracy to pass off fake casino chips as genuine.
Cheah Tuck Sau, 30, Gabriel Wong Cheng Hsiang, 28, both unemployed, and lorry driver Khong Jong Wah, 34, each faced 23 charges of conspiring with Wong Fong Aun and Lee Teik Moon to use counterfeit chips at Marina Bay Sands casino in August.
They pleaded guilty to seven counts each and were each given 15 months per charge. Three are to run consecutively.
A district court that they were part of a syndicate and recruited in Malaysia. They were provided with a bag of fake chips and Singapore SIM cards to be inserted in their mobile phones for communication using code names.
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
