{"id":141049,"date":"2020-07-07T06:21:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=141049"},"modified":"2020-07-07T10:49:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T17:49:33","slug":"resorts-world-sentosa-dealer-imprisoned-for-palming-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-sentosa-dealer-imprisoned-for-palming-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"Resorts World Sentosa Dealer Imprisoned for Palming Chips to Pay Loan Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former baccarat dealer at Resorts World Sentosa<\/a> in Singapore was handed a 20-month prison sentence on Monday for stealing casino chips worth more than S$100,000 ($71,000) from the casino, The Straits Times<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n

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Yeoh Zhong Cheng outside a Singapore courtroom on Monday before he was jailed for the theft of casino chips. (Straits Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The court heard that Malaysian Yeoh Zhong Cheng took the chips because he owed around S$80,000 ($57,000 USD) to S$90,000 ($65,000 USD) to loan sharks in Singapore and Malaysia, and wanted to repay his debts.<\/p>\n

The dealer, who began working at Resorts World in July 2017, was caught on the casino\u2019s eye in the sky removing three chips from the float — a covered tray filled with chips attached to his baccarat table \u2013 on July 12 last year. Each chip was worth S$1,000 ($720).<\/p>\n

Hand in the Cookie Jar<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Subsequent investigations found that Yeoh had taken at least 124 thousand-dollar chips on 28 occasions between June and July 2019. After slipping them into his shirt, he would conceal them in his locker during breaks, according to court filings.<\/p>\n

As a Resorts World employee, Yeoh was prohibited from cashing the chips himself, so he recruited the help of his younger brother, Yeoh Zhong Jie, and friend, Ooi Shi Chao.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said that Ooi met Yeoh met eight times in June, receiving chips worth S$30,600, while the younger Yoah received S$35,100 in chips from his brother in July. It\u2019s not clear whether the two accomplices are also facing charges.<\/p>\n

Yeoh could have been looking at up to 15 years imprisonment for the dishonest misappropriation of casino chips, and up to 10 years with a $500,000 fine for each charge of abetting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ultimately, though, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge relating to criminal breach of trust. Just three chips have been recovered from Yeoh to date.<\/p>\n

Chips are Down <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The theft of casino chips always presents the thief with a particular challenge — the only place the chips can be spent or converted to cash is at the business the thief just robbed.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no easy way around this, as daredevil crook Anthony Carleo discovered when he raided the Bellagio<\/a>\u2019s high-stakes craps tables in 2010. Having ridden his motorcycle up to the valet stand, Carleo raced onto the casino floor and made off with $1.5 million in chips.<\/p>\n

He promptly moved into the Bellagio and lived like a high roller for seven weeks, even enjoying comped rooms, meals and drinks, based on the level of gambling he was doing with the stolen chips.<\/p>\n

Of pressing concern to Carleo was how to deal with the easily traceable cranberry-colored chips, each worth $25,000 — and it was his clumsy attempts to sell these online that ultimately led to the capture of the Bellagio Bandit.<\/p>\n

Carleo was arrested on the casino floor and later sentenced to 16 years in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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