A delivery man who used another person’s identity to enter the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino had his cover blown when a former schoolmate working there saw him at a gambling table in the Ruby VIP room in May 2021.
The employee looked up Ng Guan Hao’s (pic) name in the casino’s system and found that the latter had multiple exclusion orders, prohibiting him from entering the casino.
He alerted the police, and investigations later revealed that Ng had used an identity card belonging to one Melvin Tan Yong Ann to unlawfully enter the MBS casino over 22 occasions between March 17 and May 2, 2021.
According to court documents, Ng did not learn his lesson and posed as one Yeo De Rong, 30, to re-enter the casino in February 2022, only to be caught by the same former schoolmate.
On April 4, Ng, 34, was sentenced to 11 months and four weeks’ jail after he pleaded guilty to two charges under the Casino Control Act. He also admitted to one count each of harassment and cheating.
Court documents did not disclose if Tan and Yeo had been charged in court.
Without revealing details, Deputy Public Prosecutor Claire Poh told the court that Ng’s exclusion order was in force from March 21, 2018, to March 20, 2023.Despite this, he wanted to enter the MBS casino and approached Tan for his identity card so that he could do so.
“He promised that he would pay Melvin S$200 each time he entered the MBS casino. Melvin agreed (to be part of the plan),” said Poh.
Ng then repeatedly entered the casino before his former schoolmate caught him on May 2, 2021.
He later re-offended and used Yeo’s identity card to enter its premises.
Poh said that Ng had agreed to give half of his winnings to Yeo if he won.
“However, if the accused lost, he would bear his own losses. In addition, the co-accused received S$700 from the accused for the use of his (identity card),” she said.
Ng used Yeo’s card to enter the MBS five times between Feb 6 and Feb 9, 2022. He was finally caught there on Feb 10, 2022. — The Straits Times/ANN
