Ex-manager of street cleansing contractor and son charged with $240,000 salary fraud
2021-3-8
A former manager of a government street cleansing contractor and her son were charged by the ICAC last Friday (March 5) with conspiracy to defraud the contractor of salary payments totalling over $240,000 by falsifying the son’s attendance records for two years.
Yeung King-ying, 54, former contract manager of Law’s Cleaning Services Limited (Law’s Cleaning); and her son Yau Man-kit, 29, face one count of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendants will appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (March 9) for plea.
The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent enquiries revealed the above alleged offence.
Law’s Cleaning was a contractor of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) providing street cleansing services in Sham Shui Po between June 2017 and May 2019.
During the period, Yeung was a contract manager of Law’s Cleaning posted to Sham Shui Po. She was responsible for recruiting cleaning workers as well as preparing and submitting their attendance records to Law’s Cleaning for calculation of salary payments.
A contract showed that Yau was a cleaning worker of Law’s Cleaning. At the same time, he was a full-time employee of a pharmacy in Tsuen Wan.
The charge alleges that between June 1, 2017 and August 26, 2019, Yeung and Yau conspired together to defraud Law’s Cleaning by dishonestly falsely representing that Yau had worked as a cleaning worker with Law’s Cleaning, and causing the company to make salary payments totalling over $240,000 to Yau.
Law’s Cleaning and FEHD have rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance tomorrow.
Yeung King-ying, 54, former contract manager of Law’s Cleaning Services Limited (Law’s Cleaning); and her son Yau Man-kit, 29, face one count of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendants will appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (March 9) for plea.
The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent enquiries revealed the above alleged offence.
Law’s Cleaning was a contractor of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) providing street cleansing services in Sham Shui Po between June 2017 and May 2019.
During the period, Yeung was a contract manager of Law’s Cleaning posted to Sham Shui Po. She was responsible for recruiting cleaning workers as well as preparing and submitting their attendance records to Law’s Cleaning for calculation of salary payments.
A contract showed that Yau was a cleaning worker of Law’s Cleaning. At the same time, he was a full-time employee of a pharmacy in Tsuen Wan.
The charge alleges that between June 1, 2017 and August 26, 2019, Yeung and Yau conspired together to defraud Law’s Cleaning by dishonestly falsely representing that Yau had worked as a cleaning worker with Law’s Cleaning, and causing the company to make salary payments totalling over $240,000 to Yau.
Law’s Cleaning and FEHD have rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance tomorrow.