A Chinese shroff named Dai Oong Liang. of the Shanghai Gas Company, was brought before the First Special District Court yesterday and charged with fraud in which he was alleged to have falsified account documents in connivance with a British clerk of the firm. who is at in order to use part of the income to their own The accused denied the charge and the hearing was postponed for a week. The total sum involved in the case is $33,375.85
He steadfastly denied that he had anything to do with the fraud explaining that some one else had secretly used his receipt stamps for the purpose of defrauding. Mr. Paul Ru. Municipal Advocate, alleged. however, that the accused had either failed to enter items in the company's collection book for shroffs or he had entered only part of the money received from customers. The British clerk, who is being sought by the police, was alleged to have been involved in the case as he had been in charge of the ledger.
By ce-operating with the foreign clerk, the accused alleged to have defrauded the company of sums amounting to $33,375.83 between last June and February of this year. The foreign clerk failed to show up at the office in February and this aroused suspicion Investigations revealed that there was a large-scale embezzlement.
Two foreign officials of the company, including Mr. G. Sadler peared in cour, to testify against the accused giving similar evidence.
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