Macau Police Arrest 5 Casino Scammers, Fake Chip Seized

Macau law enforcement police arrested five Chinese people suspected of having links to cross-border criminal organizations. According to authorities, criminal organizations use counterfeit chips at casinos in Macau.

The arrest follows a recent report that a customer exchanged fake chips for money at a casino in Kotai district. The employees took the matter to the police after realizing they had been scammed.

Local authorities immediately opened an investigation into the matter and quickly arrested five men from mainland China at the casino. The five arrests, aged between 21 and 28, were suspected to be members of a criminal gang that imported fake chips into Macau. Police are currently looking for three other suspects, who may be involved in the case.

In addition to arresting the five men, police were able to confiscate as many as 585 fake chips worth about $750,000. More than 130 of them were found in toilets and cabins near the border and may have been abandoned by participants in other crime schemes.

After a close examination, the police concluded that fake chips are extremely realistic and difficult to distinguish from real chips.

Macau authorities believe that they are dealing with a fairly new criminal organization. According to the police, the organization is believed to have launched an illegal scheme in March.

The investigation is still underway.

Macau to crack down on gambling crimes
As for gambling crimes in Macau, the country recently proposed a law that would exempt minor gambling offenders from prosecution or at least reduce their penalties if they provided evidence against others.

In addition to waiving penalties for whistleblowers, the new law will allow police to search the property of potential witnesses or suspects at night. 안전 슬롯사이트

Macau lawmakers have also proposed amending local criminal proceedings laws that could enforce detention extension measures. The issue came after Alvin Chow, chairman of the controversial Suncity junket, claimed the detention period of certain people in the Suncity case had already expired.