Crime | Junket’s partner steals fortune

A USD500,000 gaming chip is placed on a table

A junket operator has lost HKD1.22 million to a partner after the latter made away with money that actually belonged to a client who had won it at Macau’s gaming tables, according to the Judiciary Police who caught the suspect last week.
Both victim and perpetrator are said to be from the mainland and work in a Cotai casino. Back on 28 October 2013, one of the pair’s guests won the above fortune in the casino they worked in, and deposited his winnings into the victim’s bank account afterwards.
The next day, the victim was requested by the client to withdraw the money. However, he was too busy and asked his 29-year-old partner to do the job.
The money eventually ended up in the suspect’s pocket – and he returned to the mainland. Later, the suspect confided in the victim who managed to reach him by phone, that he had already gambled away all the stolen money.
The victim then called the police. It was not until last Wednesday that the suspect was finally arrested. Police authorities took him into custody upon arriving back in the region through the border gate checkpoint. He admitted to the police that the theft was motivated by greed.
In a separate case, police have revealed that a religious association, whose office is situated along the R. de Pedro Nolasco da Silva, has suffered burglaries on two consecutive nights.
The group called the police last Tuesday and Wednesday when staff found property on the premises to have been broken, or prized open.
The heist resulted in a loss of a laptop, a monitor and two flutes worth HKD40,000 in total. The authorities suspected that the perpetrators had entered through the rooftop of the building which is currently under renovation, making it highly accessible for the burglars.

thefts common throughout the festive week

Several citizens and tourists had their wallets and belongings stolen last week while aboard buses and visiting busy locations across the city. A local suffered the most significant loss when a thief tooka luxury watch worth over HKD90,000. The man reputedly lost the item after three men approached him near a taxi stand in the NAPE area.