A director of a trading company, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 29) sentenced to three weeks’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistracy after admitting that he had offered a bribe of Renminbi 1,000 to an employee of a bank for expediting the process of handling a remittance of about US$40,000.

A director of a trading company has been charged by the ICAC today (August 28) with offering a bribe of Renminbi 1,000 to an employee of a bank for expediting the process of handling a remittance of about US$40,000.

A Senior Police Constable has been charged by the ICAC today (August 28) with defrauding six Police Constables of 10 loans totalling over $83,000 by deceit.

A former driver of a transportation company, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 21) sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment at the Tuen Mun Magistracy for stealing service payments totalling over $1 million from a client of the company.

A judge today (August 20) ordered the confiscation of about $1.46 million from a former senior bank executive convicted of accepting the sum, being bribes, from a bank client in an ICAC case.

A former welder of an engineering company, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 20) sentenced at the West Kowloon Magistracy for accepting illegal “referral fees” totalling over $39,000 from two construction workers in relation to their employment with the company.

A Supplies Supervisor of the Government Logistics Department (GLD) and a labourer of a cleaning contractor, charged by the ICAC, were today (August 20) sentenced at the West Kowloon Magistracy for their roles in an unauthorised leave fraud scam causing loss to the contractor and the government totalling over $23,000.

To formalise and strengthen co-operation in combating corruption and financial crime, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today (August 19) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which sprang into action with a three-day joint training workshop.

A former Police Sergeant, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 19) sentenced at the Kwun Tong Magistracy for accepting two unauthorised loans totalling $40,000 from a security guard of a contractor providing security services at a police office building.

A then Deputy Secretary of a government bureau, charged by the ICAC, was today (August 14) convicted at the District Court of misconduct in public office over applications, including that of air traffic rights, made by helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft services companies.