Casino-Dealer defrauds and is condemned to prison

A casino-dealer hat defrauded his employer of several hundred thousand Euro. Now he has been condemned to prison for his act. But how did the Baccarat-Dealer manage to defraud The Star Casino Sydney of such a high amount of money?

Recently the Gambling Authorities of New South Wales, the Liquor & Gaming NSW reported of a spectacular defrauding act in Australia. Here a former Baccarat-Dealer together with an accomplice managed to defraud The Star Casinos Sydney of a sum amounting to nearly 500,000 AUD. But how did those responsible at the casino or the investigating authorities manage to solve the case?

Security cameras convicted the criminal dealer

The former dealer, Hieu Duc Lam had already been caught in the summer of last year in his bold fraudulent act. At that time the video surveillance system of the casino had exposed him. On the secured film material one could see how the criminal dealer had taken a good look at the cards and memorised them before dealing them out. The dealer went on to pass the information about the sequence of the cards to his acquaintance through his smart phone. His accomplice was then able to make his bets in a way that he wins.

The fraudulent duo managed to “win“ more than 467,700 AUD in less than a month. When converted, this amounts to over 310,000 Euro. However, the deception was then exposed and the Baccarat-dealer was dismissed by his employer. It seems that greed controlled the “fraudulent duo“. It is finally no surprise that it is noticed that a particular player wins several hundred thousand Euro within a few weeks.

Prison sentence for former dealer

The former casino dealer admitted to his acts at the Downing Centre Court in Sydney. He admitted to being guilty of a total of 15 cases. The judge condemned the man to a prison sentence of two years. Besides this, the former dealer must serve a total of 250 hours of community work. The responsible supervisory authority expressed its anger at the bold behaviour of the dealer:

“A casino employee should monitor gambling activities. It is the role of casino employees to protect the integrity of the casino activities from criminal influences, serious misconduct or exploitation and the employees enjoy a high level of trust.”

A few weeks ago we reported in another case about a money laundering case involving millions in the Crown Casino Melbourne.

Conclusion

It often comes to fraudulent acts in land based casinos. In the current case, the criminal duo managed to acquire the sum, which when converted amounts to over 300,000 Euro within a period of less than a month. The accused had to appear in front of an Australian Court and was sentenced to a prison sentence of two years. The former casino employee had abused his position of responsibility and rightly so he lost his employment as well as his casino licence. It is important for those responsible at the casino that they notice such fraudulent acts immediately so as to contain the losses.

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