Two years’ jail for using false documents to deceive $460,000
2014-7-3
A former sales manager of a school bus company, charged by the ICAC, was today (Thursday) sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at the District Court for using false documents to deceive over $460,000 from the company, and forging school chops and letterheads to apply for passenger service licences.
Leung Kim-fung, 51, former sales manager of City School Bus Service Limited (CSBS), today pleaded guilty to eight counts of agent using a document with intent to deceive his principal, contrary to Section 9(3) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
He also pleaded guilty to 14 other charges –'96 seven of using false documents, six of using copies of false instruments and one of possessing equipment for making false instruments.
In sentencing, Judge Amanda Jane Woodcock said a custodial sentence was appropriate as the offences committed by the defendant constituted a serious breach of trust.
The court heard that since 2008, the defendant had been the operation manager of CSBS, a company providing school bus and coach services to schools, government departments and other clients. In late 2011, he became the sales manager of the company.
While being employed by CSBS, the defendant was also the person-in-charge of Asian Richest Limited (ARL) and operated Jackson School Bus Company Limited (JSB).
Since 2009, Country Coach Limited, the main contractor of the Government Logistics Department for providing non-routine coach services to various government departments, had subcontracted government orders to ARL upon arrangement of the defendant.
After the government orders were subcontracted to ARL, the defendant further subcontracted those government orders to CSBS. Shareholders and directors of CSBS were neither aware of such an arrangement nor the defendant’s role in ARL.
Between January 2010 and August 2011, the defendant failed to report a total of 854 government orders done by CSBS in the fee records to CSBS, causing CSBS to receive less payments totalling $421,870 in relation to these orders.
In September 2010, the defendant arranged for JSB to accept the order to provide the Australian International School Hong Kong with school bus services.
The defendant then subcontracted the order to CSBS so as to gain the differences of $38,500 in the service fees.
The court also heard that between June 19, 2009 and November 21, 2012, the defendant forged supporting letters purportedly issued by various schools and a hospital, and submitted them to the Transport Department to apply for passenger service licences.
On December 27, 2012, 17 imitated chops of 15 schools, a hospital and a tourist bus company, and 17 letterheads of six schools were seized at the defendant’s office.
The headmasters and officers-in-charge of these organisations confirmed that the chops and letterheads were forged, the court was told.
The prosecution was today represented by Acting Senior Public Prosecutor Rosa Lo, assisted by ICAC officer Simon Liu.
Leung Kim-fung, 51, former sales manager of City School Bus Service Limited (CSBS), today pleaded guilty to eight counts of agent using a document with intent to deceive his principal, contrary to Section 9(3) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
He also pleaded guilty to 14 other charges –'96 seven of using false documents, six of using copies of false instruments and one of possessing equipment for making false instruments.
In sentencing, Judge Amanda Jane Woodcock said a custodial sentence was appropriate as the offences committed by the defendant constituted a serious breach of trust.
The court heard that since 2008, the defendant had been the operation manager of CSBS, a company providing school bus and coach services to schools, government departments and other clients. In late 2011, he became the sales manager of the company.
While being employed by CSBS, the defendant was also the person-in-charge of Asian Richest Limited (ARL) and operated Jackson School Bus Company Limited (JSB).
Since 2009, Country Coach Limited, the main contractor of the Government Logistics Department for providing non-routine coach services to various government departments, had subcontracted government orders to ARL upon arrangement of the defendant.
After the government orders were subcontracted to ARL, the defendant further subcontracted those government orders to CSBS. Shareholders and directors of CSBS were neither aware of such an arrangement nor the defendant’s role in ARL.
Between January 2010 and August 2011, the defendant failed to report a total of 854 government orders done by CSBS in the fee records to CSBS, causing CSBS to receive less payments totalling $421,870 in relation to these orders.
In September 2010, the defendant arranged for JSB to accept the order to provide the Australian International School Hong Kong with school bus services.
The defendant then subcontracted the order to CSBS so as to gain the differences of $38,500 in the service fees.
The court also heard that between June 19, 2009 and November 21, 2012, the defendant forged supporting letters purportedly issued by various schools and a hospital, and submitted them to the Transport Department to apply for passenger service licences.
On December 27, 2012, 17 imitated chops of 15 schools, a hospital and a tourist bus company, and 17 letterheads of six schools were seized at the defendant’s office.
The headmasters and officers-in-charge of these organisations confirmed that the chops and letterheads were forged, the court was told.
The prosecution was today represented by Acting Senior Public Prosecutor Rosa Lo, assisted by ICAC officer Simon Liu.