A former team leader of an engineering company, charged by the ICAC, was today (December 8) sentenced to two months’ imprisonment after admitting at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts that he had accepted bribes for assisting a subcontractor to secure a construction works subcontract of a private residential project.

Over 180 ICAC officers were today (December 7) awarded commendations in recognition of their professionalism, outstanding performance and dedicated services in different areas of anti-corruption work.

In the course of a corruption investigation, the ICAC had earlier revealed that a dummy insurance agent had conspired with others to make false representations that an insurance policy was handled by him and had returned most of the commissions and bonuses, totalling over $270,000, to those who recruited him to take part in the scam. The defendant admitted laundering crime proceeds at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (December 7).

The ICAC today (December 6) charged a former team leader of an engineering company with accepting bribes for assisting a subcontractor to secure a construction works subcontract of a private residential project.

An insurance agent, charged by the ICAC, today (December 5) admitted at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts that he had defrauded an insurer of commissions and bonus totalling over $120,000 by making false representations that a number of insurance policies were handled by him, which was revealed in the course of a corruption investigation.

In the course of a corruption investigation, the ICAC had earlier revealed that a nurse formerly working at a Community Vaccination Centre (CVC) had made false representations about COVID-19 vaccine inoculation of six persons and assisted them in obtaining vaccination records. The nurse and a housewife earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud while two others were found guilty after trial today. The four defendants today received jail terms ranging from two to six months at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts.

A security supervisor of a public housing estate, charged by the ICAC, was today (December 2) convicted at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts of soliciting bribes of over $10,000 from a subordinate security guard for assisting the latter to get promoted to assistant security supervisor.

A then member of the Incorporated Owners (IO) of a private residential building was charged by the ICAC yesterday (November 17) for allegedly using false cash memos to claim works payment from the IO revealed in the course of a corruption investigation.

A former manager of an electric motors company was charged by the ICAC yesterday (November 16) for allegedly deceiving the company into placing over 1,300 purchase orders of electronic parts worth totalling over $70 million with a supplier over a span of six and a half years by concealing the interests of him and his family member in the supplier. The case will be brought to the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts this afternoon for mention.

A former employee of a telecommunications company, charged by the ICAC, was today (November 17) sentenced to three months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for accepting bribes to disclose personal information and data of over 540 customers obtained by his dishonest access to the company’s computer systems.