Customs Officer guilty of deceiving $115,000 in loans
2001-11-1
A Customs Officer of the Customs and Excise Department (C&E), charged by the ICAC with obtaining loans totalling $115,000 by deception, was found guilty at North Kowloon Court today (Thursday).
Magistrate Mr Kevin Browne adjourned sentencing Leung Kwok-ho until November 15, pending a background report. The defendant was remanded in the custody of the Correctional Services Department.
Leung, 39, was found guilty on five counts of theft and evasion of liability by deception, while the remaining three alternative charges of procuring the making of an entry in a record of a bank by deception were ordered to be left on file.
The case arose from a referral from C&E in relation to a complaint lodged against Leung that he had obtained loans without permission.
The court heard that Leung approached his friends Wong Siu-ying, Kitty Tse Kit-yan and Chao Sio-chan on separate occasions between April 4 and August 18, 1998.
Leung requested to borrow money from them, by falsely representing that he needed money to make downpayment for his purchase of a property in Fanling.
Subsequently, Leung accepted $20,000, $70,000 and $25,000 as loans from Wong, Tse and Chao respectively.
The court also heard that after repaying $12,000 to Wong, the defendant failed to repay the outstanding loans.
The prosecution was today represented by Government Counsel Chiu Wai-tin, assisted by ICAC officer Tang Chi-kong.
Magistrate Mr Kevin Browne adjourned sentencing Leung Kwok-ho until November 15, pending a background report. The defendant was remanded in the custody of the Correctional Services Department.
Leung, 39, was found guilty on five counts of theft and evasion of liability by deception, while the remaining three alternative charges of procuring the making of an entry in a record of a bank by deception were ordered to be left on file.
The case arose from a referral from C&E in relation to a complaint lodged against Leung that he had obtained loans without permission.
The court heard that Leung approached his friends Wong Siu-ying, Kitty Tse Kit-yan and Chao Sio-chan on separate occasions between April 4 and August 18, 1998.
Leung requested to borrow money from them, by falsely representing that he needed money to make downpayment for his purchase of a property in Fanling.
Subsequently, Leung accepted $20,000, $70,000 and $25,000 as loans from Wong, Tse and Chao respectively.
The court also heard that after repaying $12,000 to Wong, the defendant failed to repay the outstanding loans.
The prosecution was today represented by Government Counsel Chiu Wai-tin, assisted by ICAC officer Tang Chi-kong.