The ICAC Regional Office (Hong Kong West/Islands), located at Ground Floor, Harbour Commercial Building, 124 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan will be temporarily closed from next Thursday (November 11) until further notice for upgrading of the air-conditioning system. The ICAC apologises for any inconvenience caused to the public.

Two estate agents were yesterday (November 3) charged by the ICAC with using transaction documents of 11 bogus property transactions, which involve agency commissions totalling over $7.2 million, to deceive their property agency.

The ICAC yesterday (November 2) charged two former insurance agents with defrauding an insurance company of commissions and insurance compensations totalling about $700,000 by making false representations in nine policy applications and their relevant insurance compensation claims.

The ICAC yesterday (November 1) charged an Amenities Assistant of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) with soliciting unauthorised loans from a subordinate and an employee of a contractor.

The ICAC noticed that appeals have been made on the Internet to members of the public for casting blank votes at the 2021 Legislative Council General Election which opens for nominations today (October 30).

The ICAC is adopting a holistic strategy, encompassing robust law enforcement, meticulous prevention as well as comprehensive education to uphold a fair and clean Legislative Council (LegCo) Election.

The ICAC yesterday (October 27) charged a former Postman for allegedly deceiving the Hongkong Post (HKPost) by falsely representing that he had not engaged in outside work and defrauding the HKPost of salary payments while he was absent from duty during the work-from-home period under the epidemic.

An executive assistant manager of a hotel, charged by the ICAC, today (October 28) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that he had conspired with others to accept a bribe of $15,000 from a works contractor for allowing staff members of the hotel to assist in engineering and maintenance works which should have been done by the contractor.

The ICAC yesterday (October 26) charged a property agent with defrauding a bank, the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC) and the HKMC Insurance Limited (HKMCI) of a mortgage loan of about $4.9 million by making false representations that a residential property was for self-use.

A former Police Sergeant, charged by the ICAC, was today (October 25) sentenced to four months in jail at the Fanling Magistrates’ Courts for accepting unauthorised loans totalling $216,000 from eight Police Constables (PCs).