SINGAPORE — A former Republic of Singapore Air Force regular who placed illegal bets amounting to $876,096 on basketball and football games and aided his colleagues in making similar bets was jailed 11 months and fined $5,000 on Tuesday .
Sometime in early 2017, the co-accused, a close friend of Koh who was also stationed at Lim Chu Kang Camp 2, told him that he was working as an illegal bookie and asked if he was interested in placing illegal 4D and TOTO bets with him. Sometime in the middle of 2017, the co-accused asked Koh if he was interested in placing illegal bets on football games through him. Koh, who was addicted to football betting at that point, agreed.
Koh agreed as he was tempted by “easy money”. An arrangement was worked out where Koh would receive 80 per cent of the bets placed and lost by the punters he introduced. The remaining 20 per cent would go to the co-accused. Player accounts were created for three individuals, all RSAF regulars and Koh's colleagues, who placed illegal bets on football and basketball games across various sports leagues. In early 2018, Koh also approached another colleague and offered to create a betting account for him.
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