S-League club worker jailed for stealing from it

[Vultan]

Feb 11, 2011

S-League club worker jailed for stealing from it

By Khushwant Singh

Police investigations soon revealed that Foo was behind the burglary and that he had also stolen $4,000 from the 4D booth on the night of July 17, 2010. Foo was also discovered to have been siphoning money amounting to $14,600 from April to July 2010 when he was manning the counter of the jackpot room. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

A CUSTOMER service officer of Woodlands Wellington Football Club disabled a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera by spraying paint on its lens.
Philip Foo Jian Loong then broke into the 4D booth of the Woodlands Stadium.

However, the burglar alarm went off. Before police could arrive, the 27-year-old fled with $200 he found in a drawer of a table. On Friday, he was jailed a year for burglary and for an earlier offence of misappropriating $14,600 from the club.

According to court documents, Foo returned to his workplace at about 11.30pm on July 25, 2010 with spray paint and bolt cutters. After disabling the CCTV camera with red paint, he cut the padlock.

He had the keys to the gate and the door to the 4D booth, but was unable to find the burglar alarm. Although he was able to get away, Foo tried to break in again on the night of Aug 8, 2010. This time, he failed.

Police investigations soon revealed that Foo was behind the burglary and that he had also stolen $4,000 from the 4D booth on the night of July 17, 2010.

Foo was also discovered to have been siphoning money amounting to $14,600 from April to July 2010 when he was manning the counter of the jackpot room. He did this by inflating the winnings of the players on claim vouchers and pocketing the difference.

Pleading for a light sentence, defence counsel Amarick Gill said that Foo has been diagnosed by the Institute of Mental Health as a pathological gambler who is also suffering from alcohol addiction.

 

[Hanzo Hattori]

Former 4D counter staff jailed 12 months
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 11 February 2011 1335 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A man who used to work at a 4D counter operated by Woodlands Wellington Football Club was sentenced on Friday to one-year jail after making off with more than S$18,000 cash from his then-employer.

27-year-old Philip Foo Jian Loong admitted that he misappropriated more than S$14,000 cash belonging to the club between April and July last year.

As a counter staff for the club, Foo was tasked to pay out cash to winning punters who had gambled at the Woodlands Stadium clubhouse.

He obtained the cash for his own use by inflating customers' winnings on claim vouchers.

Foo would then pocket the difference between the inflated amounts and the punters' actual winnings.

Besides this, he had also broken into his former work place at around 11.30pm on July 25 last year and made off with S$200 cash.

To cover his tracks, Foo had spray painted a close-circuit television in the vicinity to disable it before cutting a padlock used to secure the door to the 4D counter.

Foo then used the money to finance his own gambling habit.

His lawyer, Amarick Gill told the court that his client made full restitution for the total amount he had taken.

Foo has pleaded guilty to two charges while another two charges - one charge of theft involving S$4,000 and another one for attempted housebreaking - were taken into consideration.

For misappropriating the money, he could have been jailed up to seven years, fined or both.

And for breaking into the 4D counter, Foo could have been jailed a maximum of three years and fined.

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