Couple accused of cheating with spycam to win A$1.2m in Australian casino

The husband and wife are alleged to have used a range of devices - including earpieces - to cheat card games over a number of weeks.

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The couple were caught after staff at the casino in the central Barangaroo neighbourhood of Sydney noticed Dilnoza Israilova, 36, wearing the small, discreet camera on her Mickey Mouse T-shirt, New South Wales Police said.

She and her husband, 44-year-old Alisherykhoja Israilov, were then arrested. Police searched them and found "magnetised probes" and a mirror attachment for a phone allegedly used to rig games.

The pair have been charged with dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage and remain in custody.

New South Wales Police said the couple had arrived in Sydney from Kazakhstan in October and applied for membership to the casino the same day.