A GAMBLER went on trial yesterday accused of staging elaborate stings to cheat two businessmen at fantan.
Kwan Yam-tong used an elderly friend to lure the men into playing, prosecutor John Dunn alleged in the District Court yesterday.
He told them his gambling-addicted nephew was the intended victim of the sting to teach him a lesson, Mr Dunn said.
But in each case the businessman ended up the loser at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Kwan denied two charges of cheating at gambling and two of obtaining property by deception.
Mr Dunn said one victim, Li Tung-sung, met Kwan on business at an office in Central in November 1990. Kwan, who gave his name as Wong Ming-choi, introduced Mr Li to two other men called Chan and Lam, he said.
Chan told him about his nephew, Peter. He offered Mr Li and the others US$20,000 and a gold medal if they could cure Peter of his habit, Mr Dunn said.
