A former Estate Surveyor of the Housing Department (HD) and her husband, charged by the ICAC, were today (January 15) sentenced to jail terms up to 25 months for fraud by making false declarations to deceive the Government into approving applications for Private Tenancy Allowance (PTA) totalling about $4.9 million for over 17 years.

A former bar bender of an engineering company was charged by the ICAC yesterday (January 14) with defrauding and attempted to defraud his fellow workers by falsely representing that they were employed as unskilled bar benders and hence were entitled to lower wages.

The ICAC had remained steadfast and committed to combatting corruption vigorously and impartially, and safeguarding the probity culture of Hong Kong amidst unprecedented challenges to the city brought by social unrests.

A former employee of a construction company, charged by the ICAC, admitted at the Tuen Mun Magistracy today (January 13) that he had solicited and accepted illegal commissions from hardware retailers in relation to hardware supplies for the construction of a private columbarium.

A former foreman of a cleaning service contractor, charged by the ICAC, was today (January 13) sentenced at the West Kowloon Magistracy for defrauding the MTR Corporation Limited (MTR Corporation) of service payment by falsifying attendance records of cleaners.

A property consultant has been charged by the ICAC today (January 10) with accepting illegal rebates totalling over HK$42,000 for introducing a decoration company to Hong Kong flat-buyers of a real estate property in Malaysia.

A former employee of a sports cars distributor has been charged by the ICAC today (January 10) with accepting “tea money” of $1,000 from a customer for repairing her sports car after a traffic accident.

A former electrician of a construction company has been charged by the ICAC today (January 8) with accepting and soliciting illegal rebates totalling over $113,000 from three fellow electricians for securing their employment with the company.

A former carpark attendant has been charged by the ICAC today (January 8) with deceiving the management company of a multi-storey carpark in East Tsim Sha Tsui into granting concessionary monthly rate to a number of tenants, causing the company to receive $100,000 less in parking fees.

A former Estate Surveyor of the Housing Department (HD) and her husband, charged by the ICAC, were today (January 7) convicted of fraud by making false declarations to deceive the Government into approving applications for Private Tenancy Allowance (PTA) totalling about $4.9 million for over 17 years.