SINGAPORE - Seven individuals were charged in court on Wednesday for allegedly cheating company Kurihara Kogyo in two separate schemes worth almost $6.4 million in total.In one scheme that happened between 2016 and 2019, five men allegedly conspired to cheat Kurihara by inducing the company's general manager, Mr Seishi Nishiyama, into awarding various purchase orders for electrical maintenance works to OAS Electrical Contractors.
They also hid the fact that Kurihara senior manager Edward Soh Hock Chuan, 56, and HSH director Shen Jun, 53, had interests in HSH. In the second scheme that took place in September 2017, two men are accused of dishonestly inducing Mr Nishiyama into awarding a subcontract for electrical works - worth almost $5.7 million - to OSES Partners.
They were each charged with one count of cheating and dishonestly inducing the delivery of property by abetment. Court documents did not state if the two men are related.