Duo charged with $180,000 EMSD salary fraud
2018-9-12
Two former staff members of an air-conditioning contractor of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) have been charged by the ICAC today (September 12) with defrauding the EMSD of salary payments totalling over $180,000 by using false attendance records.
Tang Chun-yiu, 60, former supervisor of Lucky Engineering Company Limited (LECL), and Shum Chi-sun, 66, former technician of LECL, face a joint charge of fraud, contrary to Section 16A of the Theft Ordinance. Tang alone faces a similar charge.
The defendants will appear in the Tuen Mun Magistracy on Friday (September 14) for plea.
The case arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the above alleged offences.
At the material times, Tang and Shum were respectively supervisor and technician of LECL, a contractor of the EMSD providing air-conditioning maintenance services at a number of municipal venues in the New Territories, including the Tuen Mun Town Hall (TMTH).
Tang and Shum, who were posted to TMTH, were required to work on a shift basis and clock their own attendance cards when reporting on and off duties.
The charge against Tang alleges that between January 4, 2014 and November 26, 2016, he, together with other persons, dishonestly made false entries in the attendance cards of LECL to falsely represent that he was on duty on 141 days at TMTH during the period, submitted the attendance cards to the EMSD as supporting documents for calculation of his salary, and with intent to defraud, induced the EMSD to pay to LECL a total of over $172,000 as his salary for those days, which resulted in prejudice to the EMSD of the Government.
The joint charge alleges between January 25, 2014 and November 19, 2016, Tang and Shum, together with other persons, dishonestly made false entries in the attendance cards of LECL to falsely represent that Shum was on duty on 22 days at TMTH during the period, submitted the attendance cards to the EMSD as supporting documents for calculation of his salary, and with intent to defraud, induced the EMSD to pay to LECL over $10,000 in total as his salary for those days, which resulted in prejudice to the EMSD of the Government.
The EMSD has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Friday.
Tang Chun-yiu, 60, former supervisor of Lucky Engineering Company Limited (LECL), and Shum Chi-sun, 66, former technician of LECL, face a joint charge of fraud, contrary to Section 16A of the Theft Ordinance. Tang alone faces a similar charge.
The defendants will appear in the Tuen Mun Magistracy on Friday (September 14) for plea.
The case arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the above alleged offences.
At the material times, Tang and Shum were respectively supervisor and technician of LECL, a contractor of the EMSD providing air-conditioning maintenance services at a number of municipal venues in the New Territories, including the Tuen Mun Town Hall (TMTH).
Tang and Shum, who were posted to TMTH, were required to work on a shift basis and clock their own attendance cards when reporting on and off duties.
The charge against Tang alleges that between January 4, 2014 and November 26, 2016, he, together with other persons, dishonestly made false entries in the attendance cards of LECL to falsely represent that he was on duty on 141 days at TMTH during the period, submitted the attendance cards to the EMSD as supporting documents for calculation of his salary, and with intent to defraud, induced the EMSD to pay to LECL a total of over $172,000 as his salary for those days, which resulted in prejudice to the EMSD of the Government.
The joint charge alleges between January 25, 2014 and November 19, 2016, Tang and Shum, together with other persons, dishonestly made false entries in the attendance cards of LECL to falsely represent that Shum was on duty on 22 days at TMTH during the period, submitted the attendance cards to the EMSD as supporting documents for calculation of his salary, and with intent to defraud, induced the EMSD to pay to LECL over $10,000 in total as his salary for those days, which resulted in prejudice to the EMSD of the Government.
The EMSD has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance on Friday.