{"id":181869,"date":"2021-08-04T03:18:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T10:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/singapore-crime-boss-gets-five-years-for-illegal-online-gambling-ring\/"},"modified":"2021-08-04T09:13:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T16:13:26","slug":"singapore-crime-boss-gets-five-years-for-illegal-online-gambling-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/singapore-crime-boss-gets-five-years-for-illegal-online-gambling-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Crime Boss Gets Five Years for Illegal Online Gambling Syndicate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The leader of an illegal online gambling syndicate was sentenced to a maximum five years and five months in a Singapore<\/a> prison Monday. He was convicted for masterminding a lottery-betting<\/a> outfit that generated multimillions of dollars.<\/p>\n

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Unidentified suspects arrested during 2016 police raids that snared Lim and several other illegal gambling bosses. (Image: The Straits Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lim Beng Tiong, 57, was originally arrested along with 48 other suspects in 2016. The Straits Times<\/em> described the arrests at the time as one of the largest police operations against a criminal syndicate in Singapore.<\/p>\n

Among those detained were other leaders of organized crime groups, the newspaper said. Some were among the first to be charged under Singapore\u2019s recently enacted Organized Crime Act.<\/p>\n

Following coordinated raids across the island, police said they froze 36 properties with an estimated value of about $39 million, and $6.5 million in bank accounts.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Lim pleaded guilty to two charges under Singapore\u2019s Remote Gambling Act, and three others under the Organized Crime Act.<\/p>\n

4D and TOTO<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to court documents, Lim\u2019s organization controlled websites that allowed customers to take bets on TOTO and 4-D lotteries. 4-D refers to \u201c4-Digits,\u201d a lottery variant popular in Singapore and Malaysia, which is like Pick-4 in the US. TOTO is a more traditional lottery draw, using at least six balls.<\/p>\n

The group had networks of agents that would recruit customers, giving them log-in details to access the syndicate\u2019s websites. It also had employees who performed roles like network support, collecting debts, and tallying accounts, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

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The operation collected S$2 million (USD$1.49 million) in bets in the month preceding the arrests. Between January 2013 and November 2016, it collected up <\/em>to S$4.32 million in illegal bets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

According to English-speaking Singapore newspaper TODAY<\/em>, Lim began the operation in 2001 with his brother, Lim Meng Seng. But he took over the modern-day numbers racket around 2012 when his brother suffered a stroke.<\/p>\n

Lim is described in court documents as \u201cthe shareholder and operator\u201d of the websites. He was also a shareholder in another website which he did not operate.<\/p>\n

More Await Sentencing \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Those arrested at the same time as Lim included father and son Ow Choon Bok, 44, and Ow Gowan Hock, 73. They were also charged with operating an illegal lottery website, the now-defunct ss772.net.<\/p>\n

In December last year, the younger Ow was sentenced to five years in prison and fined S$500,000, while his father was jailed for three-and-a-half years and fined S$300,000.<\/p>\n

Three brothers, Steven Seet Seo Boon, 54, Eric Seet Seow Huat, 63, and Philip Seet Sian Thian, 71, who operated websites including www.asure6.net and\u00a0www.888pool.net, are awaiting sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The leader of an illegal online gambling syndicate was sentenced to a maximum five years and five months in a Singapore prison Monday. He was convicted for masterminding a lottery-betting outfit that generated multimillions of dollars. Lim Beng Tiong, 57, was originally arrested along with 48 other suspects in 2016. 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