A Customs Officer of the Customs and Excise Department (C&E) admitted at Tsuen Wan Court today (Friday) that he had sold and possessed counterfeit "PlayStation" products at a VCD shop in Kwai Chung Plaza.

A former general manager of a printing products manufacturing company admitted at District Court today (Friday) that he had stolen $1,480,000 from the company and its subsidiaries with falsified invoices.

During the course of a corruption investigation into suspected commission fraud by property agents, the ICAC has uncovered an alleged mortgage scam in which banks were cheated of mortgage loans in the region of $50 million in connection with village house transactions in the New Territories.

Three men, including a former branch manager of the Bank of China (BOC), were sentenced to jail terms ranging from 15 months to 21 months at District Court today (Wednesday) for their involvement in a bank reference fraud.

A Detective Senior Police Constable, charged by the ICAC, was ordered by San Po Kong Court today (Monday) to perform 100 hours of community service for soliciting a $50,000 loan from a complainant of a deception case.

The Eastern Court today (Monday) issued a warrant for the arrest of a senior executive of a subsidiary of Guangnan (Holdings) Limited (Guangnan), who was suspected to have absconded bail while awaiting trial for alleged Letters of Credit (L/C) frauds.

A Mainland woman was arrested by the ICAC early this (Saturday) morning for allegedly offering a US$50,000 (about HK$390,000) bribe to immigration officers at the airport.

A former director of Guangnan (Holdings) Limited (Guangnan), charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to defraud by inflating the profits of Guangnan and its subsidiaries, pleaded guilty at Eastern Court today (Friday).

The ICAC is investigating an alleged corruption scam in connection with illicit pig slaughtering at the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse (SSSH) and an unlicensed slaughterhouse in Shek Kong.

Five staff members of Cathay Pacific Catering Services (H.K.) Limited (Cathay Catering) and a canteen operator were yesterday (Wednesday) charged by the ICAC in relation to an alleged bribery scam involving the theft of foreign newspapers from airplanes.