Former MBS casino staff fined $16,000 for 'false rating' offences
Published on Dec 4, 2014 12:50 PM
Tan Guan Xi, a former dealer supervisor with the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino, was fined $16,000 on Thursday for illegally awarding membership points to a friend. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
By Ian Poh
SINGAPORE - A former dealer supervisor with the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino was fined $16,000 on Thursday for illegally awarding membership points to a friend, in the first "false rating" case to be dealt with here.
The term refers to the act of dishonestly 'rating' casino members with points although they have not turned up and patronised the facility.
Between Sept 20, 2010 and May 27, 2012, Tan Guan Xi, 38, repeatedly keyed his friend's membership number into the casino's system, causing the equivalent of $7,676.75 in reward points to accrue to the account. He did this 460 times on 114 different occasions.
His friend, 57-year-old Yap Kah Hsiang, used the reward points to redeem some $5,605.83 in products and services at the casino's affiliated stores. He also had his membership status upgraded from "Gold" to "Diamond" as a result of Tan's acts.
