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A Filipina waitress is bound for District Court after appearing today at Eastern Court on charges of theft and fraud after she allegedly stole a bag containing a credit card which she then used to buy a bag and a pair of shoes.
R. R. Sunga, 39 years old, was also set free by Magistrate
Kestrel Lam on bail of $500 on the promise that she would show up in the next
hearing at District Court on March 12.
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The first charge -- theft, contrary to section 9 of the
Theft Ordinance -- arose after Sunga allegedly stole a card holder containing an American
Express credit card, an Octopus card, a Hong Kong Identity Card, a student
card, a driving license, a Home Visit Permit and a debit card, all belonging to Poon Wai-hon, Nathan.
The alleged theft took place on Sept, 13, 2025, in Hong Kong,
according to a complaint by the Wanchai Police.
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The second charge of fraud, contrary to section 16A of the
Theft Ordinance, says that after the theft Sunga went shopping, using Poon’s American Express credit
card on the same day.
Sunga allegedly went to the Ground Floor and 1st Floo of Shiu Fung
Commercial Building, Nos. 51-53 Johnston Road, in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, “falsely
representing to a salesperson of Wan Kee Sports Company Limited” that she was
the genuine credit card holder.
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“… with intent to defraud, (she) induced the salesperson of
the Shop to part with one bag and one pair of shoes which resulted in benefit
to the said Sunga Rachell Rivas and/or resulting in prejudice or a substantial
risk of prejudice to the Shop and/or American Express International
Incorporation and/or the said Poon Wai-hon Nathan,” the complaint added.
