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A District Court today handed down a nine-month jail term, suspended for two years, to a City University Community College senior lecturer for her role in a conspiracy to deceive private tenancy allowances of $2.29 million from the institute.
Judge Susanna D'Almada Remedios sentenced Cheng Po-wah, 53, after she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy for an agent to use documents with intent to deceive his principal, contrary to the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and the Crimes Ordinance.
Co-defendant Hung Hie-yiin, 46, a housewife, had earlier pleaded guilty to a similar charge. She received the same jail term as Cheng.
Between December 19, 1996 and February 15, 2005, the two had conspired together for Cheng to submit five applications for approval for private tenancy allowances for a leased property in City One Shatin, with intent to deceive City University.
Cheng had falsely claimed in her applications that she did not have any direct or indirect financial interest in the leased property. The court heard Cheng had in fact financed its purchase.
With the false representations, Cheng had fraudulently obtained from City University allowances amounting to about $2.29 million. It would not have approved any of her applications had it known she had a financial interest in the property.
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