Fitness trainers in court over bogus personal training agreement
2017-3-9
Two former trainers of a fitness training club appeared in the Tuen Mun Magistracy today (March 9) after being charged by the ICAC with fraud in relation to a $50,000 bogus personal training agreement involving two members and conspiracy to use the bogus agreement to defraud the fitness training club of commission.
Pan Wai-fung, 33, former assistant fitness manager of J.V. Fitness Limited (JVFL), and Siu Yun-kei, 33, former fitness manager of JVFL, who were charged on Tuesday (March 7), faced two counts of fraud, contrary to Section 16A of the Theft Ordinance.
Pan and Siu further faced one count of conspiracy to use false instruments, contrary to Sections 73 and 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
No plea was taken today. Acting Principal Magistrate Ms Merinda Chow Yin-chu adjourned the case to April 12 this year for plea.
The case arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the above alleged offences.
At the material time, JVFL operated fitness training clubs in the trade name of California Fitness. Pan and Siu were respectively assistant fitness manager and fitness manager of California Fitness posted to its Tuen Mun Branch.
Siu was the supervisor of Pan. Their duties included selling personal training contracts and providing one-to-one personal training to members of California Fitness.
One of the charges alleged that between September 28 and 29, 2012, Pan and Siu falsely represented to a female member of California Fitness that a payment of $50,000 was for her to enter into a personal training agreement with JVFL in engaging Siu as her assigned trainer, and with intent to defraud, induced her to pay $50,000 to JVFL, which resulted in benefit to Pan or in prejudice to her.
Another charge alleged that between September 29 and October 31, 2012, Pan and Siu falsely represented to JVFL that a personal training agreement was genuinely entered into between a male member of California Fitness and JVFL, and with intent to defraud, induced JVFL to process the agreement, which resulted in benefit to Pan or in prejudice to JVFL.
The remaining charge alleged that between September 28 and 29, 2012, Pan and Siu conspired together to use false instruments, namely the above personal training agreement in the name of the male member and a personal training orientation checklist for the agreement, with the intention of inducing somebody to accept them as genuine.
The defendants were granted cash bail of $5,000 each. They were ordered not to interfere with prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Peter Shek.
Pan Wai-fung, 33, former assistant fitness manager of J.V. Fitness Limited (JVFL), and Siu Yun-kei, 33, former fitness manager of JVFL, who were charged on Tuesday (March 7), faced two counts of fraud, contrary to Section 16A of the Theft Ordinance.
Pan and Siu further faced one count of conspiracy to use false instruments, contrary to Sections 73 and 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
No plea was taken today. Acting Principal Magistrate Ms Merinda Chow Yin-chu adjourned the case to April 12 this year for plea.
The case arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the above alleged offences.
At the material time, JVFL operated fitness training clubs in the trade name of California Fitness. Pan and Siu were respectively assistant fitness manager and fitness manager of California Fitness posted to its Tuen Mun Branch.
Siu was the supervisor of Pan. Their duties included selling personal training contracts and providing one-to-one personal training to members of California Fitness.
One of the charges alleged that between September 28 and 29, 2012, Pan and Siu falsely represented to a female member of California Fitness that a payment of $50,000 was for her to enter into a personal training agreement with JVFL in engaging Siu as her assigned trainer, and with intent to defraud, induced her to pay $50,000 to JVFL, which resulted in benefit to Pan or in prejudice to her.
Another charge alleged that between September 29 and October 31, 2012, Pan and Siu falsely represented to JVFL that a personal training agreement was genuinely entered into between a male member of California Fitness and JVFL, and with intent to defraud, induced JVFL to process the agreement, which resulted in benefit to Pan or in prejudice to JVFL.
The remaining charge alleged that between September 28 and 29, 2012, Pan and Siu conspired together to use false instruments, namely the above personal training agreement in the name of the male member and a personal training orientation checklist for the agreement, with the intention of inducing somebody to accept them as genuine.
The defendants were granted cash bail of $5,000 each. They were ordered not to interfere with prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Peter Shek.