A jailed former policeman was today (Thursday) ordered by the District Court to serve an additional 10 months and 28 days for accepting a bribe to arrange for fixing a burglary case and selling dutiable brandy in a separate case.

A Mainland-funded company director and a merchant were today (Wednesday) charged by the ICAC for their alleged involvement in a $14 million Letters of Credit (L/C) fraud, and brought to Kowloon City Court this afternoon.

A former executive of a computer products manufacturer, who was earlier extradited from Canada for a HK$3 million embezzlement scam, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment at District Court today (Tuesday).

A former resident engineer, charged by the ICAC for allegedly accepting advantages including free trips and nightclub entertainment in connection with a piling scam at a residential building project at Tung Chung Station, appeared in Tsuen Wan Court today (Tuesday).

The Court of First Instance has issued a warrant for the arrest of a woman charged by the ICAC in connection with an alleged $134 million Letters of Credit (L/C) fraud involving Guangnan (Holdings) Limited (Guangnan).

In response to press enquiries, an ICAC spokesman today (Saturday) confirmed that in a joint operation, the ICAC and the Police had arrested a total of 53 persons for their suspected involvement in a number of alleged “staged arrests” at an illegal gambling stall in Kwun Tong.

A chairman of an owners' incorporation (OI) and a company owner were charged by the ICAC for allegedly soliciting about $160,000 in bribes from a decoration contractor for awarding a renovation contract of a residential building in Mongkok.

A man formerly employed by an architectural firm as a managing architect, who was earlier extradited from Australia, was today (Wednesday) sentenced to three years' imprisonment at District Court for defrauding HK$4 million project design fees.

A woman wanted by the ICAC since 1993 for a counterfeit credit card bribery case surrendered herself to the ICAC yesterday at the Lo Wu Control Point.

The ICAC yesterday (Monday) arrested seven persons for an alleged bribery scam over the trading of computer products, which caused a $1.6 million loss to the computer product company which is a subsidiary of a Japanese corporation.