Duo charged with $570,000 salary fraud over cleaning service at public beaches
2020-1-20
Two then employees of a cleaning service contractor were charged by the ICAC last Friday (January 17) with defrauding the company of salary payments and Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) contributions totalling about $570,000 by falsifying the attendance records of one of them for nearly five years.
Cheng Yuk-ying, 64, then site supervisor of Baguio Cleaning Services Company Limited (Baguio); and Chan Chi-kuen, 48, niece of Cheng and then cleaner of Baguio, face a joint charge of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendants will appear at the West Kowloon Magistracy tomorrow (January 21) for the case to be transferred to the District Court for plea.
The case arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the above alleged offence.
At the material time, Baguio was a contractor of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) providing cleaning services to various leisure venues in Tsuen Wan, including two beaches.
Cheng was a site supervisor of Baguio responsible for recruiting cleaners for the two beaches, preparing their duty rosters, and monitoring their attendances. Chan purportedly worked as a full time cleaner at the two beaches.
The charge alleges that between May 1, 2014 and February 20, 2019, Cheng and Chan conspired together to defraud Baguio by dishonestly falsely representing that Chan had been employed to work as a cleaner of Baguio during the period as shown in the duty rosters, thereby inducing Baguio to pay Chan monthly salary and MPF contributions for the period.
It is alleged that during the period, salary payments totalling over $513,000 were paid to Chan and MPF contributions totalling over $53,000 were made to her MPF account.
The LCSD and Baguio have rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance tomorrow.
Cheng Yuk-ying, 64, then site supervisor of Baguio Cleaning Services Company Limited (Baguio); and Chan Chi-kuen, 48, niece of Cheng and then cleaner of Baguio, face a joint charge of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendants will appear at the West Kowloon Magistracy tomorrow (January 21) for the case to be transferred to the District Court for plea.
The case arose from a corruption complaint. Subsequent ICAC enquiries revealed the above alleged offence.
At the material time, Baguio was a contractor of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) providing cleaning services to various leisure venues in Tsuen Wan, including two beaches.
Cheng was a site supervisor of Baguio responsible for recruiting cleaners for the two beaches, preparing their duty rosters, and monitoring their attendances. Chan purportedly worked as a full time cleaner at the two beaches.
The charge alleges that between May 1, 2014 and February 20, 2019, Cheng and Chan conspired together to defraud Baguio by dishonestly falsely representing that Chan had been employed to work as a cleaner of Baguio during the period as shown in the duty rosters, thereby inducing Baguio to pay Chan monthly salary and MPF contributions for the period.
It is alleged that during the period, salary payments totalling over $513,000 were paid to Chan and MPF contributions totalling over $53,000 were made to her MPF account.
The LCSD and Baguio have rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance tomorrow.