A woman and her brother, charged by the ICAC in connection with an alleged fraudulent scheme to obtain bank credit facilities totalling $48 million, were laid with five additional charges when they appeared at Eastern Court today (Friday).

A former restaurant waiter, who faked "corrupt" connection with housing officials to cheat public housing applicants out of $72,000, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, at North Kowloon Court today (Friday).

A Customs Officer of the Customs and Excise Department (C&E), charged by the ICAC with obtaining loans totalling $115,000 by deception, was found guilty at North Kowloon Court today (Thursday).

A former assistant engineer was today (Thursday) jailed for two years and nine months at District Court for substandard works at a site formation project at a slope which subsequently collapsed during the rainy season in 1998.

A former manager of the public listed Easyknit International Holdings Limited (Easyknit), charged by the ICAC, was today (Wednesday) sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for accepting $2.26 million in bribes in relation to property investment of the liste d company and its subsidiaries.

The District Court today (Wednesday) sent a serving and a former Police officers and two others to jail for bribery in relation to "fixing up" a wounding case allegedly involving triad members in 1994.

The ICAC has smashed a syndicate involved in the tampering of electric meters for a number of residential and commercial account holders throughout the territory allegedly with the corrupt assistance of some electricity company staff.

The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) today (Monday) unanimously dismissed the appeals of an ex-bank chief and two company directors convicted in a $15 million worth Letters of Credit (L/Cs) fraud case.

A general manager of a management company was today (Monday) sentenced to 27 months' imprisonment at District Court for offering $150,000 to secure consultancy and electrical works contracts for two residential buildings in Kwai Chung.

Two men were today (Monday) respectively given a jail sentence and community service order for conspiring with a number of people to stage a spate of traffic accidents in order to swindle insurance claims.