Jailed for helping mum to cheat

• Clivebenss

  1 Oct 10, 17:03

  Oct 1, 2010 - Straits Times

  by Elena Chong

  A MALAYSIAN car repossessor was jailed for three months on Friday for abetting his mother to cheat a dealer at the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS).

  Toh Yee Foo, 33, who had initially claimed trial, changed his plea to guilty after a 1 1/2-day hearing.

  At the hearing, a closed-circuit television footage of the incident was shown in court.

  Toh had intentionally aided his mother, Madam Chee Cheng Choi, to cheat the casino by throwing a chip towards dealer Robert Tok to distract him while she placed a late winning bet of $1,510 and dishonestly induced the dealer to give her chips amounting to $3,020 at a roulette table on June 9.

  Deputy Public Prosecutor Darren Goh said Toh and his accomplice were on opposite sides of the table when he distracted the victim by throwing a chip towards him. The chip landed on the number 0 on the layout roulette table.

  Simultaneously, Madam Chee, 55, placed a stack of chips totalling $1,510 on the middle column box.

  Toh was stopped by RWS security staff at the entrance of the casino while his mother got away. He could have been jailed for up to 10 years and fined.

• Clivebenss

  2 Oct 10, 19:24

  dumb.

  

• dragg

  2 Oct 10, 20:10

  really dumb.

  there are 1001 security cameras in casinoes.