Ten months’ jail for then CSD Assistant Officer charged by ICAC over $890,000 loans fraud by concealing outstanding liabilities
2025-6-5
A then Assistant Officer of the Correctional Services Department (CSD), charged by the ICAC, was today (June 5) sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts for deceiving the Correctional Services Department Credit Union (CSDCU) and three financial institutions into granting him loans totalling over $890,000 in a span of three years by concealing his personal outstanding liabilities.
Jivcons Man Wai-kit, 49, then Assistant Officer I of the CSD, earlier pleaded guilty to nine counts of fraud, contrary to section 16A of the Theft Ordinance.
In sentencing, Acting Principal Magistrate Mr David Cheung Chi-wai remarked that the present case, which spanned over three years, was serious in nature. He reprimanded the defendant for making loan applications knowing that he was unable to make any repayment, adding that the loans were yet to be repaid. The Magistrate took a starting point of 15 months’ imprisonment, and reduced the jail term of the defendant to 10 months, having considered his guilty plea and remorse.
The offences were uncovered in an investigation by the ICAC, following receipt of a corruption complaint referred by the CSD.
At the material time between September 2020 and September 2023, the defendant was posted to Tung Tau Correctional Institution. During the period, he had applied for various loans from the CSDCU and a number of financial institutions, the court heard.
In November 2020, the defendant applied to the CSDCU for a loan of $94,000. By concealing his outstanding loans in the loan application form, the defendant was subsequently granted the loan by the CSDCU.
The defendant further filed eight other loan applications with three financial institutions by similar fraudulent means and falsely represented in the application forms that he had fully disclosed his liabilities. The three financial institutions were deceived into granting him eight loans totalling $800,000, each ranging from $30,000 to over $140,000.
Had the defendant made full disclosure of his outstanding liabilities when making the nine loan applications, the CSDCU and the three financial institutions would not have granted him the loans concerned. ICAC enquiries also revealed that the defendant had yet to repay at least over $300,000 in loans.
The CSD, CSDCU and all financial institutions concerned rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Cherilyn Chan.
An ICAC spokesperson notes that integrity of civil servants is of paramount importance as the civil service is the backbone of the government’s effective governance. The ICAC will continue to help civil servants maintain a high level of integrity through publicity and education, and reminds them to exercise financial prudence and uphold probity.
Jivcons Man Wai-kit, 49, then Assistant Officer I of the CSD, earlier pleaded guilty to nine counts of fraud, contrary to section 16A of the Theft Ordinance.
In sentencing, Acting Principal Magistrate Mr David Cheung Chi-wai remarked that the present case, which spanned over three years, was serious in nature. He reprimanded the defendant for making loan applications knowing that he was unable to make any repayment, adding that the loans were yet to be repaid. The Magistrate took a starting point of 15 months’ imprisonment, and reduced the jail term of the defendant to 10 months, having considered his guilty plea and remorse.
The offences were uncovered in an investigation by the ICAC, following receipt of a corruption complaint referred by the CSD.
At the material time between September 2020 and September 2023, the defendant was posted to Tung Tau Correctional Institution. During the period, he had applied for various loans from the CSDCU and a number of financial institutions, the court heard.
In November 2020, the defendant applied to the CSDCU for a loan of $94,000. By concealing his outstanding loans in the loan application form, the defendant was subsequently granted the loan by the CSDCU.
The defendant further filed eight other loan applications with three financial institutions by similar fraudulent means and falsely represented in the application forms that he had fully disclosed his liabilities. The three financial institutions were deceived into granting him eight loans totalling $800,000, each ranging from $30,000 to over $140,000.
Had the defendant made full disclosure of his outstanding liabilities when making the nine loan applications, the CSDCU and the three financial institutions would not have granted him the loans concerned. ICAC enquiries also revealed that the defendant had yet to repay at least over $300,000 in loans.
The CSD, CSDCU and all financial institutions concerned rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation into the case.
The prosecution was today represented by ICAC officer Cherilyn Chan.
An ICAC spokesperson notes that integrity of civil servants is of paramount importance as the civil service is the backbone of the government’s effective governance. The ICAC will continue to help civil servants maintain a high level of integrity through publicity and education, and reminds them to exercise financial prudence and uphold probity.