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An interior design project manager has been jailed four years for submitting inflated quotations to swindle $129,000 from a company.
Kenneth Ho, 41, formerly employed by RHK Design, was found guilty at the District Court of 12 counts of an agent using a document with intent to deceive his principal.
The court heard the defendant was responsible for liaising with and obtaining quotations from subcontractors, and supervising their work. Employees were prohibited to solicit or accept advantages in relation to the company's business.
Since late 2002, the defendant had invited quotations from a proprietor of a furniture company for orders of curtain installation. The defendant told the proprietor he would inflate the quotations submitted, claiming that he would provide "consultation services". The proprietor, upon receiving payment from RHK, was asked to refund the inflated amounts to the defendant.
The court also heard that in May 2003, the defendant requested two other company proprietors to submit inflated quotations for the installation of a security system and an air-conditioning system. They were asked to pay the inflated amounts, purporting to be "drawing fees", to a company set up by the defendant.
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