The ICAC today (February 26) charged 10 former employees of two ramen shops, including managers, chefs and waitresses, with conspiring to steal cash proceeds totalling up to about $270,000 from cash tills, and bribery for conniving at the misappropriation.

The ICAC yesterday (February 24) charged a bank officer and his mother who worked at a Chinese restaurant with conspiracy to defraud the bank of an incentive by causing co-workers of the mother to open payroll accounts with the bank.

Three persons, including an executive committee member and a member of a taxi association, charged by the ICAC, were today (February 19) convicted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts of bribery in relation to the Information Technology Functional Constituency (ITFC) of the 2016 Legislative Council (LegCo) General Election.

The ICAC today (February 8) charged a coach, a member and a former member of the Hong Kong Women’s Handball Team (Women’s Handball Team) with conspiracy to defraud the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) of government training allowance involving $28,000 by falsifying attendance records of its members.

The ICAC today (February 5) charged a former employee of a charitable organisation with bribery for allegedly soliciting over $42,000 from a supplier in relation to the procurement of audio and visual (AV) equipment.

An assistant manager of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) appeared at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (February 4) after being charged by the ICAC with using receipts containing overstated amounts to claim expenses incurred in a district-based swimming competition.

The ICAC today (February 3) charged a property agent for conspiring with a property buyer to deceive the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) into levying a lesser amount of stamp duty by understating the transaction price of a property by $500,000.

The ICAC had remained steadfast in responding to the volatile environment posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and continued to uphold the anti-corruption mission as well as safeguard the rule of law in Hong Kong, said Mr Martin Liao Cheung-kong, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Corruption (ACOC).

Two former employees of a solicitors firm, charged by the ICAC case, were today (January 30) convicted at the District Court of defrauding two licensed money lenders of mortgage loans totalling $20 million and laundering part of the sums.

The ICAC yesterday (January 26) charged three persons, including a former manager of an international personal care products distributor and her husband, with conspiracy to defraud in awarding advertising projects worth over $2 million to a company associated with the trio without disclosing the couple’s beneficial interest in it.