Portland Pharmacist Arrested Last Month, Arrested On New Charges

PORTLAND, OR – Last month, Johnny Tuck Chee Chan was arrested, charged with placing hidden cameras in a bathroom and other places at the Kaiser Permanente facility where he worked as a pharmacist. The 71-count indictment charged him with recording 51 different people without their permission.

He has been arrested again on a new series of charges stemming from his work at his new job – at the Banana Republic at Cascade Station.

The Multnomah County District Attorney says that 33 new counts are similar in nature, including 25 counts of invasion of privacy and three counts of encouraging child sex abuse.

Officials say that Chan had originally been released after posting bond on $28,000 bail, this time bail has been set at $2 million.

Chan, who was fired by Kaiser Permanente when they learned of the allegations, was arrested at his new job at Banana Republic.

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According to the first series of charges:

• The defendant worked as a pharmacist for Kaiser Permanete between approximately December 1, 2016 and November 14, 2017;
• During that period, the defendant placed hidden cameras inside an all-user bathroom and a changing room and recorded 51 victims without their knowledge or consent;
• 28 of the 51 victims were recorded in a state of nudity and one of the victims was a minor;
• The defendant also placed hidden cameras at a shared workspace within Kaiser Permanete to record female employees who sat at the desk while wearing skirts;
• The defendant walked around public places with a miniature camera affixed to his shoe that was positioned in a manner that allowed him to take ‘up-skirt’ photographs of females without their knowledge or consent.

The second set of charges state that:

• When the defendant was arrested on November 26, 2018, law enforcement checked the all-user, employee-only bathroom at the store and located a camera, in active recording mode, that had been concealed to face the toilet;
• Pursuant to a court-authorized search warrant, law enforcement found 173 record videos of 27 different victims;
• All of the victims are employees of Banana Republic;
• Three of the victims were minors at the time of the alleged recording.

The district attorney's office believes that no customers were recorded at the Banana Republic.

Chan appeared in court on Monday and will return on Tuesday, Dec. 18.

Photo via Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.