An operator of a membership consultancy firm, charged by the ICAC, was today (December 31) sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for having conspired with members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) to accept a share of a $680,000 bribe for assisting a person in applying for its racing membership.

A Clerical Assistant of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) has been charged by the ICAC today (December 27) with deceiving the department into paying him travel allowances totalling over $3,500 by furnishing a false home address.

A former senior medical representative of a pharmaceutical manufacturer and a pharmacy operator, charged by the ICAC, were today (December 23) convicted at the District Court of bribery and fraud involving about million in relation to the supply of pharmaceutical drugs.

A former manager of a fast food restaurant chain, charged by the ICAC, was today (December 23) sentenced at the Shatin Magistracy for conspiracy to defraud the restaurant chain of wages and commissions totalling over $15,000.

A director of a fire services engineering company and an engineer have been charged by the ICAC today (December 20) with conspiracy to defraud the Fire Services Department (FSD) in relation to the company’s registration as a fire service installation contractor.

A man, who had absconded for 25 years after being charged by the ICAC, admitted at the Kowloon City Magistracy today (December 20) that he had attended driving tests as “substitute candidate” in 1993 to assist three candidates to obtain driving licences from the Transport Department (TD).

A former manager of a property management company, charged by the ICAC, was today (December 20) sentenced at the Eastern Magistracy for deceiving a commercial building developer into awarding a renovation project worth over $540,000 to a contractor without obtaining proper quotations.

Two former employees of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) and two service suppliers have been charged by the ICAC today (December 18) for their alleged roles in deceiving the NGO into awarding printing and design orders worth over $6.5 million by using false quotations.

A director of a renovation company, charged by the ICAC, was today (December 18) sentenced to four months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistracy after being convicted of offering bribes to secure minor works at an industrial building and a residential estate following a re-trial.

A former bank manager and a money exchange company director have been charged by the ICAC today (December 17) with conspiracy to accept illegal commissions of over HK million for referring clients of the bank to the money exchange company for remitting over Renminbi 83 million.