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  "id": 5539711,
  "title": "5 ParknShop and contractor staff who forged pay claims plead guilty to fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/5-parknshop-and-contractor-staff-who-forged-pay-claims-plead-guilty-5539711",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T10:45:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3366412/5-parknshop-and-contractor-staff-who-forged-pay-claims-plead-guilty-fraud"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Five former employees of Hong Kong supermarket chain ParknShop and its contractors have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud by falsifying workers’ attendance records to cheat the retail giant of HK$3.2 million (US$408,000). The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Friday said an investigation revealed that the former supermarket employees colluded with contractor…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "5 ParknShop and contractor staff who forged pay claims plead guilty to fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/5-parknshop-and-contractor-staff-who-forged-pay-claims-plead-guilty",
        "published": "2026-09-04T10:45:08.000Z"
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