5 ParknShop and contractor staff who forged pay claims plead guilty to fraud

Hong Kong corruption watchdog says defendants colluded to make pay claims for staff who were not on shift, defrauding retail giant of HK$3.2 million Five former employees of Hong Kong supermarket chain ParknShop and its contractors have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud by falsifying workers’ attendance records to cheat the retail giant of HK$3.2 million (US$408,000). The defendants – Lau Kin-pong, 44, then a senior supervisor at ParknShop’s eCommercial Distribution Centre, Tai Kin-man, 43, then assistant manager of Earnward Warehouse, and three former warehouse workers employed by Logistics Network Management, Wong Wai-fung, 27, Wong Pak-kan, 28, and Lau Tsz-pan, 28 – all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud at the District Court on Friday. The corruption watchdog said the scheme was carried out at ParknShop’s eCommercial Distribution Centre, where logistics personnel sorted online orders and packed goods for delivery to customers. The workers were supplied by a contractor, Logistics Network Management, but supervised by another company, Earnward Warehouse.

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