Recognizance Form holder charged with bribery and fraud over employment
2019-11-8
A Recognizance Form holder has been charged by the ICAC today (November 8) with bribery and fraud for taking up a job as a security guard in the name of another person who was an identity card holder.
Shahzad Khurram, 30, faces two charges – one of offering an advantage to agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance; and one of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendant will appear at the West Kowloon Magistracy next Tuesday (November 12) for plea.
The defendant was a Recognizance Form holder, who was not allowed to take up any employment in Hong Kong.
At the material time, a security company was engaged by a construction company to supply security guards to a construction site in Tung Chung, New Territories.
The bribery charge alleges that in July 2018, the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offered $3,000 to an employee of the security company as an inducement to or reward for the latter for not informing the company that he was a Recognizance Form holder.
The conspiracy charge alleges that between May 31 and November 7, 2018, the defendant conspired together with the abovementioned employee to defraud the security company by dishonestly falsely representing to it that the defendant was a Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card holder in the name of another person, and induced the company to hire and pay him salary totalling $83,400.
The security company has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance next Tuesday.
Shahzad Khurram, 30, faces two charges – one of offering an advantage to agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance; and one of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendant will appear at the West Kowloon Magistracy next Tuesday (November 12) for plea.
The defendant was a Recognizance Form holder, who was not allowed to take up any employment in Hong Kong.
At the material time, a security company was engaged by a construction company to supply security guards to a construction site in Tung Chung, New Territories.
The bribery charge alleges that in July 2018, the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offered $3,000 to an employee of the security company as an inducement to or reward for the latter for not informing the company that he was a Recognizance Form holder.
The conspiracy charge alleges that between May 31 and November 7, 2018, the defendant conspired together with the abovementioned employee to defraud the security company by dishonestly falsely representing to it that the defendant was a Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card holder in the name of another person, and induced the company to hire and pay him salary totalling $83,400.
The security company has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance next Tuesday.