R v Chung [2023] NSWDC 257

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Chung [2023] NSWDC 257 Hearing dates: 21 June 2023 26 June 2023 Date of orders: 17 July 2023 Decision date: 17 July 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Sutherland SC DCJ Decision: The offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 3 years to be served by way of Intensive Correction Order. Catchwords: CRIME — Fraud — Dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception — offender Chief Financial Officer — offender paid herself overtime when not eligible —salary inflated above approved annual salary SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Multiple offences — Accumulation, concurrency and totality SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Effect of delay SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Use of Comparative Cases Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Edelbi v R (wrongly reported as R v Edelbi) [2021] NSWCCA 122 FL v R [2020] NSWCCA 114 Gal v R [2015] NSWCCA 242 Hughes v R [2021] NSWCCA 238 Lane v The Queen [2018] HCA 28; (2018) 265 CLR 196 Lane v The Queen [2018] HCA 28; (2018) 92 ALJR 689 Marks v R [2009] NSWCCA 24 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Moodie v R [2020] NSWCCA 160 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 12 Narouzi v R [2020] NSWCCA 237 Pratten v R [2014] NSWCCA 117 R v Bazouni [2020] NSWDC 61 R v Clarke [2019] NSWDC 2 R v Egge [2020] NSWDC 277 R v Ferguson [2022] NSWDC 356 R v Hawker [2001] NSWCCA 148 R v Jolley [2021] NSWDC 647 R v Mears (1991) 53 A Crim R 141 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; 199 CLR 270 R v Pont [2000] NSWCCA 419; (2000) 121 A Crim R 302 R v Sandford (unreported, NSWCCA, 7 March 1994 R v Stanbouli [2003] NSWCCA 355; (2003) 141 A Crim R 531 R v Swadling [2004] NSWCCA 421 R v Todd [1982] 2 NSWLR 517 R v Todorovic [2008] NSWCCA 49 R v Tomich [2002] NSWCCA 175 R v Woodman [2001] NSWCCA 310 R v XX [2020] NSWDC 771 Regan v R [2019] NSWCCA 6 Scanlan v R [2006] NSWCCA 238 Subramaniam v R [2013] NSWCCA 159 Category: Sentence Parties: Rex (Crown) Yvonne Chung (Offender) Representation: Counsel: C Triscari (Solicitor Advocate, Crown) B Levet (Offender)