The ICAC today (June 2) charged a former executive director of a listed company, his wife and another person for allegedly conspiring together to defraud The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) and the listed company by concealing the wife’s interests in a borrower when the listed company granted two loans totalling over $70 million to it. The executive director was also charged with fraud for allegedly concealing his wife’s interests in the borrower in another loan of $40 million.

A director of an engineering company, charged by the ICAC, was today (June 1) sentenced to 39 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for conspiring with a director of a consultancy firm to deceive a project developer into awarding a plumbing and drainage installation contract of a hotel development project worth $23 million to the engineering company.

The ICAC today (May 31) charged a former branch manager of a currency exchange company with stealing $940,000 from the company and using a false transaction record to cover up her misappropriation.

A man was charged by the ICAC today (May 27) with managing a divan where heroin and “ice” were sold to drug users. The illegal activities were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation.

Two security supervisors of a public housing estate were charged by the ICAC today (May 26) with soliciting and accepting bribes totalling at least $16,000 from a subordinate security guard for assisting the latter to act as and get promoted to assistant security supervisor.

A former property agent, charged by the ICAC, was today (May 26) convicted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts of fraud for inducing her then employer not to collect an agency commission of $47,800 from a tenant by concealing a leasing transaction she had procured.

A Police Constable, charged by the ICAC, today (May 26) admitted at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts that he had placed illegal bets totalling over $320,000 with a bookmaker on football matches and baccarat. The illegal betting activities were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation by the anti-graft agency.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the ICAC will open up its facilities on three weekends in July for members of the public to learn first-hand about Hong Kong’s anti-corruption history and the Commission’s latest initiatives.

A person charged by the ICAC was today (May 24) sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for engaging in illegal conduct at the 2016 Legislative Council (LegCo) General Election (the Election) by incurring election expenses totalling over $253,000 for placing six advertisements in two newspapers while he was neither a candidate nor an election expense agent.

A third-tier subcontractor of a works project at a hotel, charged by the ICAC, was today (May 24) sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts after being convicted of bribing a staff member of the main contractor for releasing an outstanding payment for the project.