Four then product testers of an electronic product manufacturer, charged by the ICAC, were today (May 5) sentenced at the Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts after admitting that they had overstated their working hours with intent to deceive their employers into releasing wages to them.

ICAC Commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu today (May 4) hosted a press conference to recount Hong Kong’s anti-corruption efforts in 2021 amid the Covid-19 epidemic and update the media on the Commission’s major initiatives both locally and in the international arena this year. The press conference was originally scheduled for earlier this year but was postponed until today due to the epidemic situation.

A man, charged by the ICAC, was today (May 4) sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for displaying two posts on his social media page and shared them on other social media pages to incite others to cast invalid votes at the 2021 Legislative Council General Election (LegCo Election) during the election period.

A former employee of a subcontractor of the Highways Department (HyD), charged by the ICAC, was today (May 4) sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts for conspiracy to defraud the HyD by submitting road inspection reports containing photographs with falsely altered dates.

The ICAC today (May 3) charged a certified public accountant, who was a trustee of two companies, with stealing a total of over USD1.25 million from the two companies.

A defeated candidate of the 2019 District Council (DC) Election (the Election), charged by the ICAC, was found guilty today (April 29) at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts of engaging in corrupt conduct at the Election by providing entertainment to induce others to vote for the candidate and bribing electors.

A former regional director of an insurance company was charged by the ICAC last night (April 27) for allegedly conspiring with a downline insurance manager to deceive the insurer into releasing commissions and bonuses totalling about $1 million to them and a downline insurance agent by taking out insurance policies for dummy customers and making false representations about their handling agent.

The proprietor of a window maintenance contractor was yesterday (April 27) charged by the ICAC with forging quotations of two other contractors for a window inspection and maintenance project of a government-aided primary school.

A former district manager of an insurance company, charged by the ICAC, was today (April 28) convicted at the District Court of deceiving the insurer into offering her a more favourable remuneration package involving a signing fee of over $860,000 by submitting false income proof statements which exaggerated her total income by over $1.5 million.

Two proprietors of a garage, charged by the ICAC, today (April 28) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that they had offered bribes to a staff member of an investment company for securing vehicle maintenance orders from the latter.