Ex-manager of property management company charged with pool repair payment fraud
2020-9-16
A former technical manager of a property management company was charged by the ICAC yesterday (September 15) with using false documents to deceive the company into making payment for repairing a swimming pool of a private housing estate.
Tung Pak-nam, 44, former senior assistant technical manager of Well Born Real Estate Management Limited (Well Born), faces one count of agent using document with intent to deceive his principal, contrary to Section 9(3) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The defendant will appear in the Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (September 17) for plea.
At the material time, a subsidiary of Well Born was engaged to provide property management services to Double Cove, a private housing estate in Ma On Shan. The defendant, a senior assistant technical manager of Well Born, headed Double Cove’s technical department which was responsible for all maintenance matters of the estate.
The charge alleges that on an unknown date between May 15 and October 18, 2018, the defendant, with intent to deceive Well Born, used a work completion certificate and an invoice issued by a decoration company to mislead Well Born.
The two documents concerned allegedly contained a statement which was false, namely the swimming pool repairing work of Double Cove was done by the aforesaid decoration company.
The aforesaid repairing work had allegedly incurred a payment of $28,000.
Well Born 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 tomorrow.
Tung Pak-nam, 44, former senior assistant technical manager of Well Born Real Estate Management Limited (Well Born), faces one count of agent using document with intent to deceive his principal, contrary to Section 9(3) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The defendant will appear in the Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (September 17) for plea.
At the material time, a subsidiary of Well Born was engaged to provide property management services to Double Cove, a private housing estate in Ma On Shan. The defendant, a senior assistant technical manager of Well Born, headed Double Cove’s technical department which was responsible for all maintenance matters of the estate.
The charge alleges that on an unknown date between May 15 and October 18, 2018, the defendant, with intent to deceive Well Born, used a work completion certificate and an invoice issued by a decoration company to mislead Well Born.
The two documents concerned allegedly contained a statement which was false, namely the swimming pool repairing work of Double Cove was done by the aforesaid decoration company.
The aforesaid repairing work had allegedly incurred a payment of $28,000.
Well Born 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 tomorrow.