Company director charged with bribing bank staff with perfume
2016-9-23
A director of a trading company has been charged by the ICAC today (Friday) with offering a bottle of perfume worth $1,350 as a bribe to an employee of a bank for assisting him in opening an account for his company.
Chen Zhengxi, 44, sole director-cum-shareholder of Yanska Holdings (Hongkong) Co., Limited (Yanska), who was arrested yesterday (Thursday), faces one count of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The defendant will be brought to the Kowloon City Magistracy for plea tomorrow (Saturday).
At the material time, the defendant was the sole director-cum-shareholder of Yanska, a trading company registered in Hong Kong.
The charge alleges that on July 12, 2016, the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offered a bottle of vaporisateur spray to an employee of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) as a reward for assisting him in opening a company account with the bank for Yanska. The branded vaporisateur spray was worth $1,350.
The employee of HSBC declined the defendant’s offer instantly, and reported the matter to the management of the bank.
HSBC has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.
Chen Zhengxi, 44, sole director-cum-shareholder of Yanska Holdings (Hongkong) Co., Limited (Yanska), who was arrested yesterday (Thursday), faces one count of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(a) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
The defendant will be brought to the Kowloon City Magistracy for plea tomorrow (Saturday).
At the material time, the defendant was the sole director-cum-shareholder of Yanska, a trading company registered in Hong Kong.
The charge alleges that on July 12, 2016, the defendant, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offered a bottle of vaporisateur spray to an employee of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) as a reward for assisting him in opening a company account with the bank for Yanska. The branded vaporisateur spray was worth $1,350.
The employee of HSBC declined the defendant’s offer instantly, and reported the matter to the management of the bank.
HSBC has rendered full assistance to the ICAC during its investigation.