Five former employees of ParknShop and its contractors pleaded guilty in the District Court on 4 September 2026 to one count of conspiracy to defraud. The case concerns alleged falsification of clock-in and attendance records for 13 so-called ghost workers over about two years, through which about HK$3.28 million in wages was allegedly obtained.
The defendants are Lau Kin-pong, 44, a former senior manager at ParknShop’s e-commerce distribution centre; Dai Kin-man, a former assistant manager at Ying Wah Warehouse; and former Logistics Network Management warehouse workers Wong Wai-fung, Wong Pak-kan and Lau Tsz-pan. The companies named in the case include ParknShop (Hong Kong) Ltd, Logistics Network Management Ltd and Ying Wah Warehouse Ltd, which were reported to be sister companies.
According to the case facts reported by Ming Pao, Wong Wai-fung and Wong Pak-kan used the personal information of people who had worked at the centre or taken part in recruitment activities to create the 13 identities. They allegedly then used a time-clock machine of the same model as the company’s equipment at a unit rented near the distribution centre. The machine had reportedly been bought by Lau Kin-pong.
The alleged conspiracy was proposed by the warehouse operations manager at the end of 2018, according to the case facts. Lau allegedly agreed to take part in mid-2019, after which Wong Wai-fung, Wong Pak-kan and others joined. The reported period covered roughly 2019 to 2021.
The five defendants were arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption in October 2021. Lau reportedly told investigators under caution that Wong Wai-fung and Wong Pak-kan collected the 13 ghost workers’ wages in cash every two weeks and divided the proceeds among the group. Dai admitted receiving about HK$580,000, according to the reported case facts.
Cheng Cheuk-kei, a former warehouse operations manager at ParknShop’s e-commerce distribution centre, pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud. His case is listed for trial on 10 February 2027.
The five who pleaded guilty were remanded until 5 March 2027 for sentencing, reportedly pending the conclusion of Cheng’s case. The final penalties, the total loss and the outcome of Cheng’s trial remain to be determined.