STAR CITY casino allowed a 31-year-old bank clerk earning $44,000 a year to lose $8.5million of stolen money in its high-roller room, despite believing the source of his funds was suspicious and monitoring him for nearly a year.
Erick Tjandra, a pathological gambler, stole $10.4 million from his employer, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, gambling most of it away at the casino.
While staff had concerns about his behaviour and funding, no meaningful action was ever taken by the casino’s managers.
The details of the case have been revealed in the Casino Control Authority’s triennial report, which also found a single call from a Star City cashier to the federal anti-money laundering body, Austrac, led to the end of Tjandra’s 11-month gambling run.