A former insurance agent, charged by the ICAC, today (August 31) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that she had obtained an opportunity to earn commissions in an employment with an insurance agency by making false representation of her education background.

The ICAC has launched a comprehensive education and publicity campaign to reach out to all stakeholders of the upcoming Election Committee (EC) Subsector Elections and appeal to them to uphold clean and fair elections.

A former principal engineer of a government works consultant was charged by the ICAC yesterday (August 23) with conspiracy to use false independent checking certificates and a false Ecological Appraisal Report in relation to three landslip prevention projects to deceive three government departments.

A former employee of a renovation contractor and a former manager of an art finance service provider, charged by the ICAC, were today (August 20) sentenced to jail terms up to seven and a half months at the District Court for conspiracy to defraud the art finance service provider over reinstatement works worth $350,000.

A sales manager of a property agency was charged by the ICAC yesterday (August 17) with accepting illegal commissions totalling about $130,000 from his subordinate for assisting the latter to procure three property transactions involving a total transaction price amounted to over $61.5 million.

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.