A man was brought to the Eastern Magistracy today (April 15) after being charged by the ICAC with offering a bribe to an employee of a bank for assisting him in opening an account for his company.

ICAC Commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu today (April 9) commenced a visit to Beijing where he will meet Mainland anti-corruption counterparts to foster closer cooperation and officiate at the closing ceremony of a National Studies Course for ICAC officers.

A former director of a watch component manufacturer has been charged by the ICAC with fraud by making a false representation to another watch company so as to divert business amounting to over $75 million from the manufacturer to a trading company controlled by him and his associate.

A former assistant manager of a charitable organisation has been charged by the ICAC today (April 2) with fraud by using false academic and professional qualifications to induce the organisation to offer employment to him and pay him salaries totalling about $400,000.

A new season of “ICAC Investigators 2019”, a TV drama series adapted from real ICAC cases and jointly produced by the Commission and the Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), will hit the screen next Saturday (April 6).

A director of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) has been charged by the ICAC today (March 29) with misconduct in public office (MIPO) for failing to disclose his interests in two vendor companies when endorsing over $535,000 worth of purchase orders issued to the companies in seven procurement exercises.

A former senior sales supervisor of a property agency, charged by the ICAC, was today (March 28) sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for accepting an illegal commission of over $1.2 million from a then downline estate agent in relation to the transaction of a residential property in Central at more than $590 million.

The head of global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) today (March 27) visited the ICAC and received an update on Hong Kong’s latest probity situation as well as the Commission’s graft-fighting efforts both locally and on the international level from Commissioner Mr Simon Peh Yun-lu and senior officers.

Three serving and former senior executives of a finance company and a director of an auction company have been charged by the ICAC today (March 27) with conspiracy to defraud interested purchasers at an auction of a small house in the New Territories at a reserve price of $4 million.

A former driver of a transportation company has been charged by the ICAC today (March 25) with stealing service payments totalling over $1 million from its client.