The ICAC, the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC), the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC), and The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI) today (August 28) jointly launched the

A high-level delegation of anti-corruption officials from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) of Kenya concluded a three-day study visit (August 12 to 14) at the ICAC, during which the two parties exchanged graft-fighting strategies, expounded on training experience of the Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption (HKIAAC), and explored cooperation in organising a regional training course in Africa to foster international anti-graft collaboration.

In a recent law enforcement operation, the ICAC arrested five individuals, including the operators of two private care agencies, for their alleged roles in a subsidy scam in relation to the “Community Care Service Voucher Scheme for the Elderly” (CCSV Scheme) under the Social Welfare Department (SWD).

An ICAC corruption investigation revealed that an illegal syndicate, with the assistance of bank officers in signing and issuing false bank documents, had deceived Japanese investors into making investments of over JPY400 million (about HK$28.4 million) in various companies which claimed to take part in investment projects in Africa by falsely representing that their bank accounts held asset totalling over HK$37 billion. While three out of five defendants had earlier entered guilty pleas, one more former bank manager today (August 11) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud at the District Court.

A then chairlady of a non-governmental organisation (NGO), charged by the ICAC, was today (August 7) sentenced to four months’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts for using a false receipt and quotations to reimburse the expenses for government-funded projects and defrauding three schools of activity payments while working part-time for a drama troupe. The total sum involved was over $40,000.

The ICAC had earlier charged a former district manager of an insurer and her three downline agents of different tiers for conspiring together to defraud the insurer of commissions, overriding commissions and bonuses totalling over $1.4 million by making false representations that the lowest tier agent had handled various insurance policy applications fabricated by them. The former district manager and two of the downline agents were today (August 1) sentenced at the District Court to jail terms ranging from 20 to 41 months.

A former executive assistant of an apparel manufacturer, charged by the ICAC with an offence under the anti-bribery law, was today (July 31) sentenced to a jail term of 20 months and 3 days at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts for using false quotations and receipts to swindle works payments totalling $480,000 from the company.

An employee of a design consultancy, charged by the ICAC, was today (July 30) sentenced to three months’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts for accepting bribes of over $230,000 for assisting works contractors to secure renovation projects of two Japanese chain stores involving project fees totalling over $25 million.

A former chairman of a listed company wanted by the ICAC had surrendered himself to the Commission after returning to Hong Kong today (July 29). He will be brought to the court for mention tomorrow (July 30) for allegedly conspiring with then senior executives of the listed company to defraud its shareholders and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) by inflating the profit and assets of the listed company through fraudulent property transactions involving over $330 million in total.

The Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption of the ICAC (HKIAAC), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Office of the National Anti-corruption Commission of Thailand (NACC) and the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) had jointly completed the first-ever regional capacity building programme on meaningful youth engagement in anti-corruption work in Thailand. The programme was set to effectively deepen integrity training for young people in seven states members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and foster anti-graft collaboration on various fronts in the Asia-Pacific region.