AN accountant who could not stay away from the Macau gaming tables robbed his firm of $1.7 million to feed his insatiable addiction, the District Court heard yesterday.
Tse Kin-wah, 33, admitted forging $1.7 million worth of cheques from the Happy Valley trading company where he worked.
After squandering the money, he then tried to steal another $1.3 million so he could return to Macau to gamble, the court heard.
'This was brought about by gambling addiction,' said Judge Bailey.
He said Tse committed a 'flagrant breach of trust' when he forged cheques from Peter Yue Associates Limited and Silver Crown properties.
Judge Bailey sentenced Tse to two years and nine months in prison.
But he said if it had not been for the accountant's previous spotless record, he would have faced double the time behind bars.
