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Man who offered MBS, RWS hotel rooms at half price on Carousell and didn't fulfil bookings jailed

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Mired in debt due to his gambling addiction, a man decided to get money by selling hotel room bookings at a discount online.

He had intended to honour the bookings by using money from future orders to pay for past orders, but soon found he was not able to fulfil all of them.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Zu Zhao told the court that around October to November 2021, Lai, who frequented casinos at Marina Bay Sands , was heavily in debt due to his gambling addiction. With money coming in, Lai planned to use it to repay some of his debts and to pay for some of the bookings.

 

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