WOMAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING CHIPS FROM CASINO TABLE

March 1, 2022 Macau Crime & Legal

A woman has been arrested on charges that on 20 occasions she stole casino chips straight from the gambling table, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed yesterday.

The woman worked as a croupier at the casino in question.

According to the police, she managed to steal HKD300,000 worth of chips in total.

The local suspect, named Hung and aged 47, was caught red-handed on February 23 while making her 22nd attempt. On detecting the attempted theft, the casino management immediately reported the case to the police.

During the on-site search, the police found a chip to the value of HKD20,000. From casino surveillance camera footages, the police inspectors were called to attention 10 times of similar act between February 8 and 23. The total value of chips that she stole was HKD179,000.

During the preliminary interrogation, the suspect admitted to the theft, adding that she had stolen chips on 20 occasions since the start of this year. The total monetary value of the chips was about HKD300,000.

As the law prohibits casino employees from entering local casinos when not on duty, the chips were cashed by her accomplice. Despite admitting to spending the cash, the suspect declined to reveal the identity of the accomplice.

Investigations are still ongoing.

In another case of missing casino chips, a mainland Chinese man in his 40s rose from a rest in his hotel room to find that his stack of casino chips to the value of HKD110,000 had disappeared. Following his report, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) discovered a case of illicit addictive substance use.