Casinos have always been very aware of these risks, and put a lot of effort into preventing any losses. Toh’s two helpers are now serving jail terms of 60 and 12 months 13 runners have been slapped with jail sentences between five and 14 months, while the other three have not yet been caught.Since casino chips are a form of currency, there is always going to be a problem with people creating counterfeit chips in order to steal money from casinos.

Another 162 charges were taken into consideration, among them a charge for leaving the country illegally. He faced 13 charges under the Casino Control Act and was slapped with a guilty sentence after a 14-day trial. He made a run for it to Malaysia, but was arrested on Dec 31 and extradited to Singapore the following day. It was revealed that Toh had deposited $335,400 into his bank account on Nov 23, and withdrew almost all of it by Dec 1 when he realized the police were hot on his tail. However, the chips were “all the same”, so it was deduced that Toh either had a hand in the manufacturing and distribution of the chips, or he had connections. The runners later walked into the casino together and cashed in the chips, leaving before the next morning.īut out of the 1,291 fake chips, only 420 (with a value of $420,000) could be traced back to Toh.

“Mastermind” Toh had two helpers who assembled the 16 runners and distributed the counterfeit chips in a restroom to avoid being caught on CCTV cameras, according to Channel NewsAsia. With special equipment, the revelation came that this chip was one of the 1,291 fake ones cashed in.

It was only one week after the incident that a casino cashier realized one of the $1,000 chips had a tiny defect.

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