A construction manager and a former engineer were today (Saturday) jailed for three and a half years and one year and nine months respectively at District Court for fraud over the use of reinforcement steel bars at a Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) project in Tung Chung.

The ICAC has arrested a tiles supplier for alleged corruption and fraud over the provision of ceramic floor tiles and counterfeit concrete pavers for the renovation works at a Housing Department (HD) shopping arcade in Tseung Kwan O and a secondary school .

A construction manager was today (Thursday) found guilty of fraud over the use of reinforcement steel bars at a Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) project in Tung Chung.

The Court of First Instance has issued warrants for the arrests of a couple who failed to turn up in court to face trial for allegedly counterfeiting $450 million worth CD-ROMs and VCDs.

“We had to be on full alert.... I had to accompany him even when he visited the toilet,” an ICAC senior investigator told of his 19-hour sleepless flight escorting a suspect back to Hong Kong.

A flight attendant of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (Cathay Pacific) was today (Tuesday) sentenced to one year's imprisonment at Eastern Court for accepting $30,000 in return for nominating a friend to obtain concessional air tickets.

A former executive of a computer products manufacturer, who was earlier extradited from Canada, today (Monday) admitted at District Court that he had embezzled over HK$3 million sale proceeds and covered up the scam with false documents.

A mastermind of a human smuggling syndicate was jailed for three years and nine months at District Court today (Monday) for supplying forged travel documents to facilitate illegal entry of Mainland residents into other countries.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption today (Saturday) calls on the insurance industry to take positive steps to embody business ethics in their corporate management and develop an honest workforce.

A former employee of an accountancy firm was today (Friday) sent to jail for one year for accepting $76,000 in illegal rebates from an electric bulb supplier and deceiving $35,000 from the accountancy firm.