Four charged for alleged fraud and graft over food supplies to Japanese restaurants and sushi stalls
2009-5-20
Four persons, including two directors of a fish and seafood supplier, were today (Wednesday) charged by the ICAC with alleged fraud and corruption in relation to food supplies to Japanese restaurants and sushi stalls at supermarkets.
Chan Kin-chung, 40, Lau Tat, 38, both shareholders cum directors of Kana Transa Group (H.K.) Company Limited (Kana Transa); Tam Wai-man, 28, and Liu Tak-keung, 30, both former chefs of Tokyo Sushi, face a joint charge of fraud.
Chan and Lau also face five joint charges of fraud, while Chan alone faces one count of offering advantages to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(b) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The defendants will appear in Tuen Mun Magistracy at 9:30 am on Friday (May 22) for mention.
The accused were arrested during a corruption investigation in September last year.
One of the fraud charges alleges that between 2005 and September 2008, the defendants, by deceit, falsely overstated the quantity of food which Kana Transa supplied to Tokyo Sushi, and with intent to defraud, induced Tokyo Sushi to pay for the food as ove rstated.
Five other fraud charges allege Chan and Lau of using the same fraudulent means to deceive two supermarket sushi stalls operated by PTC-Nakajima Suisan (Hong Kong) Company Limited, and three other Japanese restaurants –'96 Sapporo Ramen Domon, Dream Maker Food Shop Limited and Dream Maker Shichi Fuku San Limited between 2007 and September 2008.
ICAC enquiries revealed that the value of food allegedly overstated in the deliveries to the above Japanese restaurants and sushi stalls ranged from $2,000 to $6,000 per month.
The remaining charge alleges that between January 2007 and August 2008, Chan offered a total of $11,710 to a former chef of Agura Creative Dining as rewards for the latter showing or having shown favour to Kana Transa in relation to the restaurant’s business.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Friday.
Chan Kin-chung, 40, Lau Tat, 38, both shareholders cum directors of Kana Transa Group (H.K.) Company Limited (Kana Transa); Tam Wai-man, 28, and Liu Tak-keung, 30, both former chefs of Tokyo Sushi, face a joint charge of fraud.
Chan and Lau also face five joint charges of fraud, while Chan alone faces one count of offering advantages to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(b) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The defendants will appear in Tuen Mun Magistracy at 9:30 am on Friday (May 22) for mention.
The accused were arrested during a corruption investigation in September last year.
One of the fraud charges alleges that between 2005 and September 2008, the defendants, by deceit, falsely overstated the quantity of food which Kana Transa supplied to Tokyo Sushi, and with intent to defraud, induced Tokyo Sushi to pay for the food as ove rstated.
Five other fraud charges allege Chan and Lau of using the same fraudulent means to deceive two supermarket sushi stalls operated by PTC-Nakajima Suisan (Hong Kong) Company Limited, and three other Japanese restaurants –'96 Sapporo Ramen Domon, Dream Maker Food Shop Limited and Dream Maker Shichi Fuku San Limited between 2007 and September 2008.
ICAC enquiries revealed that the value of food allegedly overstated in the deliveries to the above Japanese restaurants and sushi stalls ranged from $2,000 to $6,000 per month.
The remaining charge alleges that between January 2007 and August 2008, Chan offered a total of $11,710 to a former chef of Agura Creative Dining as rewards for the latter showing or having shown favour to Kana Transa in relation to the restaurant’s business.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Friday.