A then Assistant Officer II of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) was charged by the ICAC today (September 26) with misconduct in public office (MIPO) for allegedly allowing an inmate to operate his staff handheld device for accessing confidential information to locate another inmate to obtain a cigarette.

A Police Constable was charged by the ICAC today (September 26) for allegedly deceiving the Hong Kong Police Credit Union (HKPCU) into granting him two loans totalling over $140,000 by making false representations that he had no loans from banks or financial institutions. The fraud offences were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation by the ICAC.

A former supervisor and a former engineer of a construction company were charged by the ICAC last Friday (September 22) after a corruption investigation revealed that the duo allegedly defrauded the construction company of machinery rental payments amount to $7.3 million by submitting false invoices with inflated amount.

Following ICAC’s operation “Fire Net” taken in January this year netting backbone members a corruption syndicate in the building management industry, the Commission yesterday (September 21) charged 23 of the arrestees with conspiracy to offer and accept bribes totalling over $6.5 million and conspiracy to defraud in respect of various contracts of grand renovation and other projects of 10 residential and commercial buildings worth a total of around $520 million. The case marks the largest prosecution in relation to building management and maintenance in ICAC’s history.

A candidate of the 2020 Legislative Council General Election (2020 LegCo Election) for the New Territories East Geographical Constituency was charged by the ICAC today (September 14) with lodging a false election return to the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) and attempted fraud over election expenses.

A then contract customer service assistant of an employment agency posted to the Transport Department (TD) was charged by the ICAC yesterday (September 13) after a corruption investigation revealed that the defendant allegedly accessed to a computer system of the TD dishonestly to process 15 applications for license renewal and other services for a friend during the pandemic.

An Assistant Officer II of the Correctional Services Department (CSD), charged by the ICAC, today (September 13) admitted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts that he had accepted bribes totalling over $10,000 for introducing various unauthorised articles into Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre (LCKRC) for a prisoner.

The ICAC today (September 13) charged a woman for allegedly using a false job reference letter in her application to the Insurance Authority (IA) as the Responsible Officer of a broker company.

An ICAC delegation, led by Commissioner Woo Ying-ming, has commenced a 7-day duty visit to Austria and Switzerland to explore closer collaboration with various international anti-corruption organisations.

A then director of a semiconductor manufacturer and a sales representative of a supplier were charged by the ICAC today (September 12) with bribery for allegedly facilitating the supplier to obtain a purchase order for items used in manufacturing semiconductors worth over RMB 500,000.