CO129-510-14 Report of committee of enquiry into discrepancies and losses in government departments in Hong Kong... 21-4-1928 - 24-10-1928 — Page 107

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the bank so desired Mr. Dovey would give Professor

Shellshear every facility for making an examination of the

cheques in his laboratory.

It is advisable that this report should next proceed

to deal with a matter which may give some indication as

to the perpetrator of the fraud.

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There was employed at the reasury from the 1st September, 1926, one Carvalho Yeo, a man of Sino-Siamese

extraction. This man held the appointment of a Special

Class Clerk and was in charge of the collection books for

Hong Kong Water Accounts.

On the 3rd January, 1928, this man was impertinent

in his behaviour towards Mr. Kennedy Skipton, who is

performing the duties of Estate Duty Commissioner and was

reproved by him. He saw Mr. Black and expressed his

resentment at Mr. Skipton's remarks and aaid he would resign. Mr. Black suggested that he should apologize. On the 4th January he man tendered his resignation. 6th January he said that he definitely wished to leave

and paid a month's salary in lieu of giving notice.

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On the

After the fraud by means of the three cheques was

discovered the police received information that this man Carvalho Yeo was "wanted" by the police at Bangkok

in connection with the forgery of a cheque for between

$40,000.00 and $50,000.00.

Further information has since been given that this

man, together with an associate of the name of Katz, is

wanted by the police at Shanghai and Tientsin for offences

in those places. In the latter place the offence is

stated to have been in connection with cheques on the

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Municipal "reasury.

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During the last few days, it has come to light that

there are discrepancies in the books kept by Carvalho Yeo while at the Treasury, which appear to indicate the