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.

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.