Two local casino employees face prosecution following their successful attempts to swindle HKD3.4 million out of their employer through non-negotiable chips as part of an unknown ring last month.
The pair, aged 28 and 25, allegedly tampered with the company’s financial accounts on August 21, securing access to a total of HKD5 million worth of what are also known as “dead chips,” according to an account provided by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday.
The suspects subsequently left their workplace that day with the gains before returning to a VIP gaming room at around 6.00 a.m. the next day to gamble. The authorities said the duo managed to win HKD3.4 million in cash with a portion of the non-negotiable chips. The investigators intercepted the two suspects at the airport last Saturday night after their employer called the police the week before. One of the suspects admitted to playing a part in the embezzlement upon being arrested, claiming they received HKD310,000 as remuneration for their efforts from “somebody.” The authorities are continuing to probe into the conspiracy to identify more of their accomplices.
In a separate case, the authorities also apprehended three loan sharks for extorting a local casino moocher. The suspects, ranging in age between 37 and 59, are local residents who work for a casino as loan sharks. The victim, also a local, was previously subjected to multiple acts of physical violence and verbal threats, and approached the police over the weekend for fear of losing his legs as threatened by the trio last Tuesday.
The 39-year-old unemployed victim bearing the surname Kuok, who usually scrounged gratuities off of high rollers inside casinos, introduced a mainlander to the suspects at the beginning of last year. He borrowed a total of HKD600,000 interest-free from them successively since then.
However, the trio began pursuing the victim after their mainland patron failed to repay the loan and fled the region, the PJ said.
It was said that the moocher was coerced into the debt by force and threats and has taken on an additional interest debt of HKD930,000 since last year. Aries Un
man caught red-handed using bogus money
Authorities arrested a businessman from the mainland last Thursday at a Cotai casino after he was discovered by cage cashiers exchanging counterfeit Hong Kong banknotes in return for chips. A total of 18 counterfeit banknotes with a face value of HKD1,000 each were seized. It was said that the suspect made successful attempts to redeem chips in the same locale previously.
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