Site supervisor charged with using false documents to claim $133,000 entertainment expenses
2018-8-30
A site supervisor of a construction engineering company has been charged by the ICAC today (August 30) with using documents containing false statements to deceive the company into granting reimbursement of entertainment expenses totalling over $133,000 to him.
Mak Hop-kuen, 59, site supervisor of Tin Wo Engineering Company Limited (Tin Wo), faces nine counts 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 Shatin Magistracy next Monday (September 3) for plea.
At the material time, the defendant was employed by Tin Wo as site supervisor to oversee steel bar works carried out by bar benders at various construction sites. He was entitled to submit claims to the company for reimbursement of entertainment expenses incurred by him in connection with his official duties.
The charges allege that between September 28, 2011 and September 21, 2015, the defendant used nine documents, namely social and entertainment expenses forms which contained false, erroneous or defective statements, with intent to deceive Tin Wo into paying entertainment expenses in a total sum of over $133,000 to him for treating supervisory staff, engineers, safety officers, mechanic and/or tower crane operators of various construction sites in Kwai Chung, Tung Chung, Yuen Long and San Po Kong.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance next Monday.
Mak Hop-kuen, 59, site supervisor of Tin Wo Engineering Company Limited (Tin Wo), faces nine counts 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 Shatin Magistracy next Monday (September 3) for plea.
At the material time, the defendant was employed by Tin Wo as site supervisor to oversee steel bar works carried out by bar benders at various construction sites. He was entitled to submit claims to the company for reimbursement of entertainment expenses incurred by him in connection with his official duties.
The charges allege that between September 28, 2011 and September 21, 2015, the defendant used nine documents, namely social and entertainment expenses forms which contained false, erroneous or defective statements, with intent to deceive Tin Wo into paying entertainment expenses in a total sum of over $133,000 to him for treating supervisory staff, engineers, safety officers, mechanic and/or tower crane operators of various construction sites in Kwai Chung, Tung Chung, Yuen Long and San Po Kong.
The defendant has been released on ICAC bail, pending his court appearance next Monday.