Billionaire Peter Lim’s former son-in-law, Kho Bin Kai, will be spending time behind bars after he pleaded guilty to multiple offences including those involving a syndicate linked to illegal gambling activities. Kho, 32, was sentenced to two years and 10...
Assistant Public Prosecutor Lydia Goh told the court that Kho started being involved in illegal gambling in 2012 when he became an agent for unlawful soccer betting, earning between $2,000 and $5,000 a month.
In mid-2016, he was introduced to a Malaysian man known only as “Ah Leong”. Kho then agreed to join Ah Leong in the latter’s 4D and Toto business. Kho stopped being an agent for soccer betting in early 2017. He then became a “master agent” for an illegal gambling website in April 2017, earning between $30,000 and $40,000 a month on average. However, there were also months when he earned less than $30,000 or earned nothing at all.
Kho was also involved in the dealings of other gambling websites and earned cash from illegal activities. For instance, he earned between $3,000 and $4,000 a month over one of the websites while for another, he earned between $2,000 and $3,000 monthly.It was part of an island-wide operation that led to the arrest of 35 other people, who were involved in a syndicate that carried out unlawful remote gambling activities.Officers also seized from Kho items including four Rolex watches, a laptop computer and two mobile phones.
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