A developer and his associate, charged by the ICAC, were today (August 17) each sentenced to 40 months’ imprisonment at the District Court of conspiracy to offer bribes totalling $600,000 to a village resident representative for not opposing small house development projects of the developer in a village in Tai Po.

A developer and his associate were today (August 16) convicted at the District Court of conspiracy to offer bribes totalling $600,000 to a village resident representative for not opposing small house development projects of the developer in a village in Tai Po.

A former worker of a construction engineering company, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 14) sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistracy for soliciting and accepting illegal referral fees of $7,000 in total from two fellow workers in relation to their employment with the company.

The Commissioner of the ICAC Mr Simon Peh Yun-lu today (August 13) announced the appointment of Mr Ricky Yau Shu-chun to Deputy Commissioner of the ICAC by the Chief Executive with effect from today, following Mr Yau’s promotion to Head of Operations on the same day.

A couple has been charged by the ICAC today (August 13) with defrauding a bank of two mortgage loans totalling HK$10 million by using false income proofs.

A Motor Driver of the Social Welfare Department (SWD), charged by the ICAC, admitted at the West Kowloon Magistracy today (August 10) that he had used vehicle log books with false entries to deceive the Government in order to conceal his unauthorised absence from duty for performing a part-time job.

A works supervisor of the Water Supplies Department (WSD) has been charged by the ICAC with defrauding the WSD of overtime (OT) allowances totalling over $4,300 by submitting 17 false attendance records.

A director-cum-shareholder of a trading company, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 31) sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment at the District Court after being convicted of defrauding a bank of export invoice financing loans totalling about $13 million by using false commercial invoices.

A former financial consultant of an insurance company and a former technical representative of an insurance broker have been charged by the ICAC today (July 30) with defrauding two insurance companies of broker commissions totalling over $19,000 by falsely representing that the technical representative was the handling agent of two insurance policies.

A man, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 27) sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment at the Eastern Magistracy after admitting that he had offered a bribe of 400 Renminbi to an officer of the Immigration Department (ImmD) for allowing him to enter Hong Kong.