{"id":777002119,"date":"2023-02-06T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002119"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:55:53","slug":"man-accused-of-card-cheating-at-marina-bay-sands-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/man-accused-of-card-cheating-at-marina-bay-sands-casino","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of card cheating at Marina Bay Sands Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man allegedly used a phone to take video recordings of cards being dealt at the casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore.-&nbsp;A 35-year-old Malaysian man&nbsp;has been arrested for alleged card cheating at <strong>Marina Bay Sands<\/strong>&nbsp;casino in Singapore.&nbsp;According to police, the man is believed to be part of a criminal syndicate and allegedly used a phone to record cards being dealt during baccarat games. The police say the recordings were discovered as part of an investigation that began in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the Casino Control Act, use of devices to count or record cards in a casino can be punished with up to seven years in jail, a fine of up to $150,000, or both.&nbsp;The man was arrested in Malaysia on February 3, handed over to the Singapore police on February 5. He is scheduled to appear in court today (February 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A week ago, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-gambling-syndicate-member-sentenced\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-gambling-syndicate-member-sentenced\" target=\"_blank\">a Singapore court<\/a> sentenced a man named&nbsp;<strong>Kiegan Tan Ming Ren<\/strong> to 17 months in jail and a S$60,000 fine after he used<strong>&nbsp;winnings from an online gambling syndicate<\/strong>&nbsp;to fake contributions to the Central Fund for Forecast (CPF) for a mortgage loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kiegan Tan Ming Ren, pleaded guilty in December to five counts under the Remote Gambling Act and Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act. Eight other charges were considered in the sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man allegedly used a phone to take video recordings of cards being dealt at the casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A Malaysian national has been arrested in Singapore for alleged card cheating at Marina Bay Sands, believed to be part of a criminal syndicate using a phone to record baccarat cards. This follows a recent sentencing where another individual was jailed for using online gambling syndicate winnings to fake CPF contributions for a mortgage loan, highlighting ongoing regulatory enforcement against illicit gambling and financial crime.","focusai_entities":"Marina Bay Sands, Kiegan Tan Ming Ren, Central Fund for Forecast (CPF)","focusai_location":"Singapore, Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Casino Security?","query":"What advanced surveillance and AI-driven fraud detection technologies are being deployed to counter sophisticated card cheating syndicates in land-based casinos, particularly in high-stakes baccarat verticals?"},{"label":"AML Framework Implications?","query":"How do these cases of illicit online gambling proceeds being used for financial fraud impact the ongoing development and enforcement of AML and CFT governance frameworks within the broader iGaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,168],"class_list":["post-777002119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-marina-bay-sands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777002119"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002133,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002119\/revisions\/777002133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}