A director and an employee of an air-conditioning system supplier, charged by the ICAC, were today (August 18) sentenced to jail terms up to 18 months for conspiracy to defraud the government of funding of $290,000 by submitting false quotations in relation to the installation of an environmental-friendly air-conditioning system for a printing company.

A proprietor of a renovation company was charged by the ICAC yesterday (August 16) with offering “laisees” to employees of the property management company of a private residential housing estate for showing favour to renovation works conducted by her company at a flat of the estate.

An Acting Senior Executive Officer (SEO) of the Home Affairs Department (HAD) was charged by the ICAC today (August 16) with using “Application for Time-off” forms to mislead the HAD that she had visited a Chinese medical clinic for consultation and treatment in six afternoons during office hours while in fact had attended hobby classes on those occasions.

ICAC and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) yesterday (August 12) jointly mounted an operation codenamed “Jade Qilin”. During the operation, the ICAC arrested five persons, including an incumbent executive director and a former executive director of a listed company.

A former Police Sergeant was charged by the ICAC today (August 11) with accepting unauthorised loans totalling $216,000 from eight Police Constables (PCs) and soliciting a loan of $200,000 from one of them.

The ICAC today (August 10) charged a director of a garment manufacturing company with deceiving a bank into issuing Letters of Credit (L/Cs) worth totalling over US$5.5 million to a supplier based on fraudulent business transactions, and laundering the crime proceeds.

A former employee of a renovation contractor, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 6) convicted of conspiracy to defraud an art finance service provider over reinstatement works worth $350,000.

A woman, charged by the ICAC, admitted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts today (August 6) that she had offered a total of over $3,000 to officers of the Immigration Department (ImmD), Housing Department (HD) and the Social Welfare Department (SWD) for processing her son’s application for an identity card and expediting her application for public housing.

A candidate of the 2018 Legislative Council (LegCo) By-election for Hong Kong Island Geographical Constituency and a singer, charged by the ICAC, received bind-over orders after admitting in the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (August 5) that they had engaged in corrupt conduct at the election by providing others with entertainment to induce others to vote for the candidate.

A former technical manager of a property management company and the proprietor of a works contractor, charged by the ICAC, were today (August 5) both sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for bribery involving illegal rebates totalling over $18,000 for securing air conditioning works contracts of a private residential building.