Ex-foremen charged with $330,000 salary fraud over public housing cleaning
2020-8-27
Two former foremen were charged by the ICAC yesterday (August 26) with defrauding a cleaning service contractor of a public housing estate of salary payments totalling about $330,000 by falsifying the attendance records of a former cleaning worker for almost four years.
Angel Yeung Ling-yam, 47; and Tsoi Siu-fan, 49, both former cleaning foremen of Law’s Cleaning Services Limited (Law’s Cleaning), jointly face one count of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendants will appear in the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (August 28) 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.
Sau Mau Ping Estate is a public housing estate in Kwun Tong under the Housing Department (HD). At the material time, a property management company engaged by the HD for the estate awarded a cleaning service contract to Law’s Cleaning.
Yeung and Tsoi were cleaning foremen of Law’s Cleaning posted to Sau Mau Ping Estate, responsible for overseeing daily operation of cleaning services at the estate and supervising cleaning workers, including a couple.
The charge alleges that between November 1, 2012 and October 7, 2016, Yeung and Tsoi conspired together with the aforesaid couple to defraud Law’s Cleaning by dishonestly falsely representing that the husband had reported duty at Sau Mau Ping Estate as a cleaning worker between November 2012 and September 2016, and causing Law’s Cleaning to pay him about $330,000 in total.
It is alleged that the husband, who was a taxi driver, had never performed any cleaning duties for Law’s Cleaning, and part of his salary received from Law’s was passed to the defendants on a monthly basis.
The HD and Law’s Cleaning have rendered assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance tomorrow.
Angel Yeung Ling-yam, 47; and Tsoi Siu-fan, 49, both former cleaning foremen of Law’s Cleaning Services Limited (Law’s Cleaning), jointly face one count of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law.
The defendants will appear in the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (August 28) 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.
Sau Mau Ping Estate is a public housing estate in Kwun Tong under the Housing Department (HD). At the material time, a property management company engaged by the HD for the estate awarded a cleaning service contract to Law’s Cleaning.
Yeung and Tsoi were cleaning foremen of Law’s Cleaning posted to Sau Mau Ping Estate, responsible for overseeing daily operation of cleaning services at the estate and supervising cleaning workers, including a couple.
The charge alleges that between November 1, 2012 and October 7, 2016, Yeung and Tsoi conspired together with the aforesaid couple to defraud Law’s Cleaning by dishonestly falsely representing that the husband had reported duty at Sau Mau Ping Estate as a cleaning worker between November 2012 and September 2016, and causing Law’s Cleaning to pay him about $330,000 in total.
It is alleged that the husband, who was a taxi driver, had never performed any cleaning duties for Law’s Cleaning, and part of his salary received from Law’s was passed to the defendants on a monthly basis.
The HD and Law’s Cleaning have rendered assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The defendants have been released on ICAC bail, pending their court appearance tomorrow.