The ICAC today (January 26) charged five former employees of two banks in two cases with conspiracy to accept illegal commissions totalling at least about $250,000 for obtaining confidential customer information from a bank computer system and divulging it for touting personal loan business.

A Police Sergeant charged in an ICAC case today (January 26) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that he had defrauded the Hong Kong Police Credit Union (HKPCU) of loans totalling over $450,000 and betted with an illegal bookmaker on local horse races.

A former employee of a labour hire agency charged in an ICAC case was today (January 22) sentenced to three years’ imprisonment at the District Court after pleading guilty to fraud and theft involving over $3.1 million by using false payroll documents of construction workers.

The ICAC today (January 22) charged a former member of a Chinese folk dance troupe with using false receipts to obtain payments totalling over $510,000 from a non-governmental social service organisation for procuring costumes, props and accessories for a community event.

The ICAC today (January 21) charged a director of a construction company with conspiracy to defraud and money laundering in relation to a bribery facilitated $75.3 million letters of credit (L/Cs) scam, following the prosecution of four others involved in the same investigation.

Three former senior executives of a subsidiary of a German electronic products importer, charged by the ICAC, were today (January 20) sentenced to jail terms up to 27 months at the District Court for deceiving the importer of HK$610,000 in relation to the procurement and testing of television (TV) sets and other expenses.

The High Court today (January 18) ordered to confiscate a total of HK$12 million from a former businesswoman and a former senior executive of a listed company convicted in an ICAC case of conspiracy to defraud in relation to the acquisition of an oil field in the United States of America (USA) and laundering crime proceeds.

A former manager of a sister company of a power supplier and a contractor were charged by the ICAC last Friday (January 15) with bribery involving $185,000 in relation to the supervision of cable trenching works.

The proprietor of a works contractor, charged by the ICAC, admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (January 15) bribery charges involving illegal rebates totalling about $135,000 in relation to air-conditioning works and a maintenance term contract of the hotel worth totalling over $1.3 million.

A cleaning company director, charged by the ICAC, was today (January 15) convicted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts of bribing two property officers with about $50,000 for lax supervision over cleaning services provided to three residential buildings in North Point.