Ex-security supervisor of public housing estate and daughter charged with salary fraud
2021-5-11
The ICAC today (May 11) charged a former security supervisor of a public housing estate and her daughter with conspiracy to defraud a property management company of salary payments totalling about $37,000 by falsely representing that the daughter had worked as a security guard at the estate.
Yang Mulan, 52, former security supervisor of Creative Property Services Consultants Limited (CPS); and Yang’s daughter Ko Wai-ling, 22, former security guard of CPS, jointly face one count of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendants will appear in the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday (May 13) for plea.
The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent enquiries revealed the above alleged offence.
At the material time, CPS was the management services provider of Sai Wan Estate, a public housing estate in Kennedy Town. Yang and her daughter Ko lived together at a unit in the estate.
Since April 2015, Yang has been employed by CPS as a security supervisor. She was responsible for manpower arrangement of security guards at Sai Wan Estate. All security guards were required to record their attendance when reported on and off duty. Their attendance records countersigned by Yang would be submitted to CPS for calculation of monthly salaries.
Through the introduction of Yang, Ko was employed by CPS as a full-time security guard deployed to the estate in late December 2019. At the same time Ko was a full-time waitress of a restaurant in Kennedy Town.
The charge alleges that between December 20, 2019 and March 31, 2020, Ko and Yang conspired together to defraud CPS by dishonestly falsely representing to the company that Ko worked as its security guard in accordance with the terms of her contract of employment; and causing CPS to pay salaries to Ko.
ICAC enquiries revealed that salary payments totalling about $37,000 were released to Ko during the aforesaid period.
CPS has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Thursday.
Yang Mulan, 52, former security supervisor of Creative Property Services Consultants Limited (CPS); and Yang’s daughter Ko Wai-ling, 22, former security guard of CPS, jointly face one count of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendants will appear in the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday (May 13) for plea.
The ICAC investigation arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent enquiries revealed the above alleged offence.
At the material time, CPS was the management services provider of Sai Wan Estate, a public housing estate in Kennedy Town. Yang and her daughter Ko lived together at a unit in the estate.
Since April 2015, Yang has been employed by CPS as a security supervisor. She was responsible for manpower arrangement of security guards at Sai Wan Estate. All security guards were required to record their attendance when reported on and off duty. Their attendance records countersigned by Yang would be submitted to CPS for calculation of monthly salaries.
Through the introduction of Yang, Ko was employed by CPS as a full-time security guard deployed to the estate in late December 2019. At the same time Ko was a full-time waitress of a restaurant in Kennedy Town.
The charge alleges that between December 20, 2019 and March 31, 2020, Ko and Yang conspired together to defraud CPS by dishonestly falsely representing to the company that Ko worked as its security guard in accordance with the terms of her contract of employment; and causing CPS to pay salaries to Ko.
ICAC enquiries revealed that salary payments totalling about $37,000 were released to Ko during the aforesaid period.
CPS has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Thursday.