SINGAPORE: A card dealer at the Resorts World Sentosa ( RWS ) casino pocketed at least S$ 55, 000 ( US$ 42, 800 ) worth of chips by covering his hand with a piece of paper and slipping the chips into his pants.
To avert suspicion, he roped in two women to help exchange , S$ 37, 000 worth of chips for wealth.  ,
Oumnakil Thanakorn, 35, was sentenced to a year and three weeks ‘ jail on Tuesday ( Oct 1 ).
The Thai regional admitted guilt to three counts, including criminal breach of trust caused by deceptive misappropriation and encouraging others to use his illicit funds, and two additional counts were taken into account.
Thanakorn, according to the jury, started selling cards at the RWS Casino in December 2022. He was given tables to offer tickets and collect and deliver chips for table games like float, blackjack, and baccarat.
In April 2024, he began pocketing game chips from the fly, which is a owner’s stack of cards on a game board.
He was the only person at the time who had control over the casino chips on the glides of the game tables where he worked.
He may place one finger on the fly, covering it with a piece of paper, and shielding it from the sun.
He would subsequently reduce a chip from the glide- often a S$ 1, 000 device, but sometimes a S$ 500 one.
After this, he moved his hand to his shorts and slipped the device into his belt, or through the flap of his skirts.
Between April and July 2024, Thanakorn pocketed at least S$ 55, 000 of game cards in this manner on at least 29 times.
Thanakorn wanted to change the chips for cash after getting them, but he was aware that doing it himself may raise suspicions.
He offered them a fee to secure their help and looked for people who would be willing to assist him.
In seven times this time, Thanakorn met two ladies: Techawattanasakul Warattharin and Buengloy Ananyaporn.
They would go into the game to change their game chips for money before Thanakorn and receiving their commissions because he had given them blackjack chips at RWS.
Ananyaporn helped change S$ 32, 500 worth of chips, while Warattharin exchanged S$ 4, 500. The wealth was never recovered.
At second, Thanakorn used the money to repay debt he had accrued in Thailand, and to assist his daughter there.
However, he continued to commit crimes and used the proceeds for his own expenditures even after paying off his debts and sending money home for his child.
How he was discovered was not disclosed in court records. He was arrested in July 2024, with the officers recovering game chips for S$ 10, 000 from his house, bag and on his people. No compensation was made.
The attorney sought 12 to 14 weeks ‘ prison for Thanakorn, noting that RWS had placed considerable confidence in him.
A maximum sentence in prison and a good are the penalties for legal breach of trust as a slave.
An criminal may be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, fined up to half a million, or both for converting legal money or instigating someone to do thus.