Crime & Safety
Casino Employee Charged for Taking Lost iPhone
Police: Ying Hui Yang found smart phone in employee break room at the Sands.
A Bethlehem man was charged with theft and receiving stolen property after he allegedly picked up a co-worker’s iPhone at the and kept it, according to court records.
Ying Hui Yang, 34, a casino dealer who lives at 1338 E. Fifth St., admitted to a casino investigator that he picked up the smart phone that had been left in a casino employee break room, according to the arrest warrant.
The phone was left behind on June 24 by Alexander Torres, a floor manager at the casino. On June 25, Torres activated the phone’s GPS tracking system, which traced the phone to Yang’s address.
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The affidavit said Yang returned the telephone after he admitted he had taken it. He was arraigned today before and was released on his own recognizance.
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