In light of the latest situation of the COVID-19 epidemic and to align with the government’s measures to reduce the risk of the spread of virus in the community, the ICAC announced that except those who are providing essential and emergency public services, all other staff will work from home starting from tomorrow (July 20) till next Sunday (July 26).

The ICAC has kicked off a multi-faceted education and publicity campaign to drive home the message of safeguarding a clean and fair Legislative Council (LegCo) Election as nominations open tomorrow (July 18).

A former employee of a contact center service provider and two others have been charged by the ICAC today (July 17) with defrauding the service provider of recruitment agency fees totalling about $410,000 by falsely representing that 15 job applicants were referred by two recruitment agencies associated with the duo.

An insurance agent was charged by the ICAC yesterday (July 15) with deceiving an insurance company into paying commissions and bonuses totalling over $130,000 to two down-line insurance agents by falsely representing that an insurance product was sold to a client by the duo.

A former director of an engineering company has been charged by the ICAC today (July 15) with deceiving a building maintenance service provider into making payments for air-conditioning maintenance works for 13 years totalling about $390,000.

The ICAC remained perseverant and impartial in discharging its anti-corruption duties despite unprecedented challenges brought by public protests and social events last year, according to the 2019 ICAC Annual Report released today (July 8).

Two former employees of a cable manufacturer, charged by the ICAC, were sentenced to jail terms up to 32 months at the District Court today (July 7) for conspiracy to divert business amounting to $3.4 million to three other companies by fraudulent means.

A director of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI), charged by the ICAC, was today (July 3) convicted of misconduct in public office (MIPO) for failing to declare a conflict of interest when handling purchase orders worth about $540,000 involving vendors controlled by or associated with him.

Two former employees of a design company have been charged by the ICAC today (July 2) with fraud and attempted fraud by diverting business amounting to over $1.6 million to their own company, falsely representing that the two companies were affiliated.

Two former security guards were charged by the ICAC in separate cases for defrauding a security services company of wages totalling about $180,000 by falsifying their attendance records.