The ICAC on Wednesday (March 28) arrested two men who had allegedly used a match-box-sized skimmer to capture credit card data from customers at a karaoke lounge for a syndicate manufacturing and uttering counterfeit credit cards in return for bribes.

The ICAC today (Wednesday) charged two persons for conspiracy to utter fake US valuable securities with a total face value of US$148 billion to obtain credit facilities from local banks, and brought them to the Eastern Court.

A government's maintenance works subcontractor, charged by the ICAC for offering bribes to employees of the Architectural Services Department (ASD) for inflating the estimated costs of works orders and speeding up payment to the subcontractor, was jailed for 10 months at Eastern Court today (Friday).

The ICAC today (Friday) charged a Tax Inspector of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and laid additional charges against a former IRD Assistant Assessor for an alleged taxation bribery scam.

A former director of Guangnan (Holdings) Limited (Guangnan) was jailed for four years for conspiracy to defraud by inflating the profits of Guangnan and its subsidiaries.

The ICAC and the banking sector have jointly launched a practical guide for bank managers under a two-year programme to reinforce the integrity culture within the industry.

The ICAC arrested on Monday (March 19) six persons, including the chairman and a vice-chairman of a public listed company, for their alleged involvement in a housing project fee inflation scam suspected to be facilitated by graft.

An employee of the piling contractor for a public housing construction project in Tung Chung was jailed for 21 months today (Tuesday) for his involvement in a short-piling scam.

The Court of Appeal today (Tuesday) dismissed the appeal by former tobacco company executive Jerry Lui Kin-hong against his conviction of conspiracy to accept more than $33 million in bribes.

A Senior Training Officer of the Civil Service Training and Development Institute (CSTDI), who wilfully concealed her marital relationship with a contractor when recommending him to obtain government contracts, was jailed for seven months at Eastern Court today (Tuesday) for misconduct in public office and deception offences.