No further action from police on S$10,000 drawn from Kitchen Culture account

Fiona Lam

Fiona Lam

Published Wed, May 11, 2022 · 10:36 PM
    • Two employees had informed the company that they were not the recorded recipients of the cash cheques, Kitchen Culture said in an April 2022 filing.
    • Two employees had informed the company that they were not the recorded recipients of the cash cheques, Kitchen Culture said in an April 2022 filing. PHOTO: KITCHEN CULTURE

    THE Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) has said there is insufficient evidence to prove that a criminal offence was committed in relation to 4 cash cheques totalling S$10,000 that were withdrawn from Kitchen Culture’s bank account.

    This comes after the CAD’s review into the matter raised in a police report lodged by the company last December.

    CAD will therefore be taking no further action on the matter, Kitchen Culture said in a bourse filing on Wednesday (May 11) night.

    The Catalist-listed firm’s financial controller had made the police report so as to obtain a police order that would be submitted to the bank, to facilitate the retrieval of the 4 cash cheques that were withdrawn in 2020.

    The matter arose from 2 employees informing the company that they were not the recorded recipients of the cash cheques, Kitchen Culture said in a filing last month.

    Back in July 2021, the company also lodged a report with the CAD, in relation to “suspected payroll irregularities” amounting to about S$520,000.

    Shares of Kitchen Culture have been suspended from trading since July 2021. They last traded at S$0.08.

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