Woman who used fake credentials to get HK$88,000-a-month CEO job convicted of fraud
Mother of three kept the job for 10 months, earning around $870,000
A mother of three who pocketed $870,000 from a chief executive job she held for 10 months on fake qualifications was found guilty of fraud on Tuesday.
Lee Lam, 43, used a fake reference letter when she applied for the post at Shizhu International Education Management Corporation. She also fabricated her work experience.
The District Court heard management at the education services firm found her performance unsatisfactory shortly after she was hired in 2011.
But when they asked her to resign from the HK$88,000-a-month job, she produced evidence that she was pregnant and therefore avoided dismissal.
After Lee returned from maternity leave, they asked her to quit again. But that request was withdrawn following an alleged accident in which Lee slipped in the company’s toilet.
While Lee was taking leave to get treatment, the firm hired private detectives to investigate her background. The case was reported to police as the company boss suspected Lee had made up her qualifications.
Lee claimed she had previously headed the marketing team of an education services company called Easy Carry. But that firm was not even engaged in the education business and denied it had ever hired her.