A vice chairman of a sports organisation, charged by the ICAC, today (July 15) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that he had violated the anti-bribery law by disclosing the identities of the subjects being investigated by the Commission and details of such investigation.

A defeated candidate of the 2019 District Council (DC) Election was charged by the ICAC today (July 12) with engaging in corrupt conduct at the election by providing others with entertainment to induce others to vote for the candidate and bribing electors.

A former sourcing manager of a multinational groceries retailer, charged by the ICAC with bribery, was today (July 9) sentenced to three years’ imprisonment at the District Court for accepting totalling over US$615,000 (about HK$4.8 million) in illegal rebate and loan and loan releases in the sum of about US$45,000 (about HK$350,000) from a supplier for placing toy orders worth totalling over US$20 million (about HK$156 million).

A former insurance agent was charged by the ICAC yesterday (July 8) with obtaining an opportunity to earn commissions in an employment with an insurance agency by making false representation of her education background.

Two insurance agents were charged by the ICAC yesterday (July 7) with conspiracy to defraud an insurance company of commissions totalling over $750,000 by falsely representing that one of them had handled 10 insurance policies.

In an operation codenamed “Sea Pearl” jointly mounted by the ICAC and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today (July 7), the ICAC arrested a senior executive of a listed company who was suspected to have offered advantages to the staff of an underwriter in the initial public offering (IPO) of the company.

A former director of a garment trading company, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 7) sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts after being convicted of soliciting a bribe of RMB150,000 from a manufacturer and stealing HK$150,000 from his then employer.

A former manager of a government street cleansing contractor, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 7) sentenced to 13 months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts after admitting that she had defrauded the contractor of salary payments totalling over $240,000 by falsifying her son’s attendance records for two years.

The ICAC remained steadfast and continued to uphold the probity culture in Hong Kong in the face of unprecedented adversities brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2020 ICAC Annual Report released today (July 7).

A former manager of a lighting product company, charged by the ICAC, today (July 6) admitted at the District Court that he had defrauded his then employer by concealing his wife’s interest in a trading company when handling transactions between the two companies involving sums of discount and subsidy totalling about $12 million.