Former shipping manager charged for alleged $7.5m scam over BBQ griddle freight
2003-5-12
A former shipping manager of a Germany-based ironware company has been charged by the ICAC for allegedly deceiving his employer of freight charges and duties totalling over $7.5 million with bogus invoices.
Lam Kwok-keung, 42, formerly employed by Callisto Limited (Callisto), will appear in Kowloon City Magistracy at 9:30 am tomorrow (Tuesday) on 21 counts of agent using document with intent to mislead his principal, contrary to Section 9(3) of the Preventio n of Bribery Ordinance.
Callisto is a company trading in barbecue grills and ironware, with a major clientele in the United States.
The charges allege that Lam, being an agent of Callisto, had used false invoices of Topstate Forwarding Company (Topstate) for a total amount of over $7.5 million, with intent to deceive his principal.
Such invoices were said to have purportedly showed that Topstate had provided transportation service to Callisto and/or had paid duties for the goods of Callisto.
The alleged offences took place between January 2001 and July 2002.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance tomorrow.
Lam Kwok-keung, 42, formerly employed by Callisto Limited (Callisto), will appear in Kowloon City Magistracy at 9:30 am tomorrow (Tuesday) on 21 counts of agent using document with intent to mislead his principal, contrary to Section 9(3) of the Preventio n of Bribery Ordinance.
Callisto is a company trading in barbecue grills and ironware, with a major clientele in the United States.
The charges allege that Lam, being an agent of Callisto, had used false invoices of Topstate Forwarding Company (Topstate) for a total amount of over $7.5 million, with intent to deceive his principal.
Such invoices were said to have purportedly showed that Topstate had provided transportation service to Callisto and/or had paid duties for the goods of Callisto.
The alleged offences took place between January 2001 and July 2002.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance tomorrow.