Ex-employees of bakery charged with bribery and fraud over false attendance
2020-5-8
Two former employees of a bakery have been charged by the ICAC today (May 8) in separate cases for respectively conspiring with a supervisor to defraud the bakery of wages totalling about $25,000 by falsifying their attendance records and offering bribes totalling over $22,000 to the supervisor.
Yip Ka-lun, 28, former senior baker of A-1 Bakery Co., (HK) Limited (A-1 Bakery), and Kenny Tang Chi-wai, 32, former senior team leader of bakers of A-1 Bakery, each faces two charges – one of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law, and one of conspiracy to offer advantages to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
The defendants will appear at the Shatin Magistracy next Tuesday (May 12) for plea in separate cases.
At the material time, Yip was employed by A-1 Bakery as a senior baker while Tang was employed by the company as a senior team leader of bakers. They were both posted to work at a baking factory in Shatin under the supervision of a senior supervisor to make bread during night shifts.
Staff members working at the baking factory were required to tap their staff cards on a card reader when reporting on and off duty to record their attendance.
In the first case, one of the charges against Yip alleges that between January 3, 2017 and March 7, 2019, Yip conspired together with the abovementioned senior supervisor to defraud A-1 Bakery by dishonestly falsely representing that Yip had reported duty at the baking factory on various occasions, thereby causing and inducing A-1 Bakery to pay wages totalling over $20,400 to Yip.
The bribery charge against Yip alleges that between January 3, 2017 and January 30, 2019, Yip conspired together with the senior supervisor to, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offer about $19,800 to the senior supervisor as an inducement to or reward for tapping Yip’s staff card to help him report duties when he was in fact absent from work.
In the second case, one of the charges against Tang alleges that between August 7, 2017 and October 5, 2018, Tang conspired together with the senior supervisor to defraud A-1 Bakery by dishonestly falsely representing that Tang had reported duty at the baking factory on various occasions, thereby causing and inducing A-1 Bakery to pay wages totalling over $4,100 to Tang.
The bribery charge against Tang alleges that between August 7, 2017 and November 8, 2018, Tang conspired together with the senior supervisor to, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offer about $2,400 to the senior supervisor as an inducement to or reward for tapping Tang’s staff card to help Tang report duties when he was in fact absent from work.
A-1 Bakery has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance next Tuesday.
Yip Ka-lun, 28, former senior baker of A-1 Bakery Co., (HK) Limited (A-1 Bakery), and Kenny Tang Chi-wai, 32, former senior team leader of bakers of A-1 Bakery, each faces two charges – one of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law, and one of conspiracy to offer advantages to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and Section 159A of the Crimes Ordinance.
The defendants will appear at the Shatin Magistracy next Tuesday (May 12) for plea in separate cases.
At the material time, Yip was employed by A-1 Bakery as a senior baker while Tang was employed by the company as a senior team leader of bakers. They were both posted to work at a baking factory in Shatin under the supervision of a senior supervisor to make bread during night shifts.
Staff members working at the baking factory were required to tap their staff cards on a card reader when reporting on and off duty to record their attendance.
In the first case, one of the charges against Yip alleges that between January 3, 2017 and March 7, 2019, Yip conspired together with the abovementioned senior supervisor to defraud A-1 Bakery by dishonestly falsely representing that Yip had reported duty at the baking factory on various occasions, thereby causing and inducing A-1 Bakery to pay wages totalling over $20,400 to Yip.
The bribery charge against Yip alleges that between January 3, 2017 and January 30, 2019, Yip conspired together with the senior supervisor to, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offer about $19,800 to the senior supervisor as an inducement to or reward for tapping Yip’s staff card to help him report duties when he was in fact absent from work.
In the second case, one of the charges against Tang alleges that between August 7, 2017 and October 5, 2018, Tang conspired together with the senior supervisor to defraud A-1 Bakery by dishonestly falsely representing that Tang had reported duty at the baking factory on various occasions, thereby causing and inducing A-1 Bakery to pay wages totalling over $4,100 to Tang.
The bribery charge against Tang alleges that between August 7, 2017 and November 8, 2018, Tang conspired together with the senior supervisor to, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offer about $2,400 to the senior supervisor as an inducement to or reward for tapping Tang’s staff card to help Tang report duties when he was in fact absent from work.
A-1 Bakery has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance next Tuesday.