Read the full judgment text of HCMA 482/2016 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 May 2017.
1. The appellant was the second defendant in this case when the case was being dealt with in the magistrates court, the first defendant being his wife (“D1”). They pleaded guilty to an offence of fraud, contrary to section 16A(1)(a) of the Theft Ordinance, Cap 210. The allegations against them were that between 1 February 2009 and 31 May 2014 they defrauded the Social Welfare Department of overpayment of $118,224 of Comprehensive Social Security Allowance (“CSSA”) by falsely representing that D1
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