Driving instructor fined in 'false rating' casino case
Published on Feb 16, 2015 2:08 PM
Driving instructor Yap Kah Hsiang (left) was fined $16,000 for getting Tan Guan Xi (right), a dealer supervisor working at the Marina Bay Sands casino, to illegally award membership points to him. -- PHOTOS: KUA CHEE SIONG
By Ian Poh
SINGAPORE - A driving instructor was fined $16,000 on Monday for getting a friend who worked at the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino to illegally award membership points to him, in the first "false rating" case to be dealt with here.
The term refers to the act of dishonestly "rating" members with points although they have not actually patronised the casino.
Yap Kah Hsiang made the request to Tan Guan Xi, who was then a dealer supervisor with MBS. Tan, 39, did so by repeatedly keying Yap's details into the casino's system between Sept 20, 2010 and May 27, 2012.
This caused the equivalent of $7,676.75 in reward points to accumulate in Yap's account.
