A former sales manager of an insurance broker, charged by the ICAC, today (August 4) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that she had induced the firm into paying referral fees totalling over $19,000 to her husband by making false representations that he was the referrer of 18 insurances policies taken out by clients.

A candidate of the 2020 Legislative Council General Election (2020 LegCo Election) for the New Territories West Geographical Constituency was charged by the ICAC today (August 3) with lodging a false election return to the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) and attempted fraud over election expenses of over $46,000.

A former manager of a Korean chain restaurant was charged by the ICAC today (August 3) with deceiving the restaurant into paying wages totalling about $26,000 by falsifying the payroll records of eight part-time staff in the same month.

An applicant of the Community Care Fund (CCF), charged by the ICAC, was today (August 2) sentenced to five weeks’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts for bribing staff members of the CCF Secretariat in relation to his application for an allowance.

The ICAC today (August 1) charged a property buyer for allegedly deceiving a bank and the HKMC Insurance Limited (HKMCI) into granting a mortgage loan with a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of 80 per cent, amounting to about $7.8 million, by making false representations that a flat was purchased for self-use.

A woman, charged by the ICAC, today (July 28) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that she had used a false academic document to renew her insurance agent registration.

The ICAC today (July 27) charged two persons for allegedly reposting on their respective social media pages a post which incited others to cast blank votes at the 2021 Legislative Council General Election (2021 LegCo Election) during the election period.

A property agent was charged by the ICAC today (July 26) with soliciting and accepting bribes totalling $41,000 for assisting a tenant operating a claw machine shop to negotiate with the landlord for rent concessions and lease renewal during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A former operator of one-woman brothels, who was wanted by the ICAC for conspiracy to pervert public justice by surrendering prostitutes for arrest in police raids under a tip-off arrangement, was brought to the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (July 26) upon his return to Hong Kong.

Two former senior executive of a duty-free chain store were charged by the ICAC today (July 25) with conspiracy to defraud for allegedly inflating bottled red wine sourced from a French supplier by over $12 million and reselling them to the chain store at over $26 million.