A prisoner and his younger sister, charged by the ICAC, today (August 2) admitted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts that they had offered bribes totalling over $10,000 to an Assistant Officer II of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) for introducing various unauthorised articles into Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre (LCKRC) for the prisoner.

A former manager of an interior design and renovation company, charged by the ICAC, today (August 2) at the District Court admitted fraud and theft involving a total of over $3.5 million which were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation by the Commission.

In the course of a corruption investigation by the ICAC, it was revealed that a man and his father, who was a supervisor of a cleaning contractor, had defraud the contractor of wages totalling about $350,000 in around two and a half years by falsifying attendance records. The cleaning worker, who withdrew over $300,000 from the wages, was today (August 1) sentenced to 13 months imprisonment at the District Court for money laundering.

A then Police Sergeant, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 1) sentenced at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for deceiving the Hong Kong Police Credit Union (HKPCU) into granting him four loans totalling over $760,000 by making false representations about his loans from and monthly loan repayments to banks or financial institutions. The offences were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation by the ICAC.

Four former employees of a bank, charged by the ICAC, were today (July 31) convicted of bribery and dishonest access to computer for conspiring together to accept bribes of over $200,000 so as to divulge confidential information of customers in the bank computer system to others for touting personal loan business.

A man charged by the ICAC was today (July 31) convicted at the Fanling Magistrates’ Court of offering a bribe of $1,000 to a relationship manager of a bank for assisting him in redeeming his unit trust fund.

A former lay member of the Medical Council of Hong Kong (Medical Council), charged by the ICAC, was today (July 28) convicted at the District Court of misconduct in public office (MIPO) for abusing her public office by disclosing personal information of a complainant and details of the complaint for pursing private gain to tout business as a solicitor. The offence was revealed in the course of a corruption probe by the Commission.

Two third-tier subcontractors of the construction projects of the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital and a private residential estate in Ma On Shan were earlier charged by the ICAC as it was revealed in the course of a corruption probe that they had defrauded two second-tier subcontractors of wage payments by overstating daily wages of plumbers. One of the duo was earlier jailed upon conviction. Another defendant was today (July 27) sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment following his guilty plea at the District Court.

A mortgage loan applicant, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 27) sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts for having deceived a financial services company into granting her a mortgage loan of about $3.8 million by making false representations about her occupation and salary. The illegal activities were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation.

A renovation contractor, charged by the ICAC, today (July 27) admitted conspiracy to defraud at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts in connection with the award of water pipe replacement project by the Incorporated Owners (IO) of a private residential building in To Kwa Wan by using false quotations. The offences were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation by the ICAC.