He stopped using the victim’s driving licence after he presented it to a bank officer, who had asked for a photo identification card to process a cheque on Oct 12, 2017.

DPP Nair said: “(She) keyed in the NRIC number and discovered that (it) appeared to belong to a Malay male rather than a Chinese male.

“As the witness felt that something was amiss, she told the accused to wait while she informed (a bank manager, who) called the police while the accused was waiting.”

Due to the delay, Pang suspected that the bank might have uncovered his fraudulent use of the forged driving licence and left the bank without the licence.

On Nov 28, 2017, he went to a friend’s workplace in Ubi Crescent and spotted a wallet belonging to the friend’s colleague.

Pang took the 34-year-old man’s driving licence out of the wallet and left the premises. Pang also forged the second victim’s licence and used it to unlawfully enter the MBS casino later that day.

He was caught on Dec 14, 2017, after he misplaced his mobile phone inside the casino, and alerted the security staff.

DPP Nair told the court: “The accused provided his full name and actual NRIC number verbally for record purposes. The accused left the security desk and exited the casino. A scan was done, and it was discovered that the accused was on an exclusion order.”

Pang was detained after he re-entered the casino at around 3.20pm.

A security officer checked the second victim’s forged driving licence and discovered that the identity card number on the back did not belong to Pang. The police were called and officers arrested him soon after.

Court documents did not disclose what happened next, but Pang was at his father home on March 13, 2018, when he stole the older man’s identity card before using it to enter the RWS casino later that day.

He tried to pull the same stunt again the next day but was detained and arrested.

Pang’s bail was set at $10,000 on Nov 23, and he is expected to surrender himself at the State Courts in December to begin serving his sentence.