SINGAPORE – Police have arrested three men and three woman, aged 33 to 41, for suspected involvement in cheating at both the Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa casinos.
The police said that the six comprises four Russians, a Czech and a Filipino woman. They are suspected of cheating “using electronic devices” at the casinos’ slot machines.
The police said in a statement today (May 10) that they were alerted to a case of suspected cheating at the Sentosa casino on May 7. Four suspects were arrested at the casinos the next day, while two others were arrested at a hotel in Tanjong Pagar.
A laptop, 16 mobile phones, cash and “other items” worth more than $125,000 were seized, the police said.
The Russians and the Czech will be charged in court today. If convicted, the five could be jailed up to seven year or fined up to $150,000. Police said that the investigation against the Filipino woman is still ongoing.
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