A project manager of an engineering company, charged by the ICAC, was today (January 19) convicted at the Shatin Magistracy of accepting illegal rebates totalling $75,000 from a subcontractor in relation to the award of balcony flooring works at a private housing estate.

Three former employees of the management company at a private residential estate appeared in the West Kowloon Magistracy today (January 17) after being charged by the ICAC with fraud in relation to the award of about $150,000 worth of event production contracts of its clubhouse to a company owned by them without disclosing their financial interests in it.

The ICAC urges candidates and electors in the forthcoming Legislative Council by-election to abide by the law and uphold a clean and fair election, while a series of education and publicity initiatives have been rolled out to help them better understand the electoral law.

The Chief Telecommunications Engineer of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) appeared in the Eastern Magistracy today (January 12) after being charged by the ICAC with using a false document to mislead the government into granting him a downpayment loan and home financing allowances totalling over $1.9 million.

A Consultant of the Hospital Authority (HA) appeared in the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (January 12) after being charged by the ICAC with misconduct in public office (MIPO) for falsely causing a patient to pay her $3,200 for purchasing a surgical instrument and misappropriating the money.

Two former property agents appeared at the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (January 10) after being charged by the ICAC in two cases for their roles in defrauding and/or stealing commissions amounting to over $170,000 in property and lease transactions.

A former head of private banking of a bank has been charged by the ICAC today (January 9) with accepting a bribe of $150,000 from a client for handling bank accounts held by the client and companies controlled by him.

A former chairlady of the incorporated owners (IO) of an industrial building and three contractors, charged by the ICAC, admitted at the Kowloon City Magistracy today (January 4) that they had conspired to use bogus quotations to help an engineering company secure over $470,000 worth of mandatory building inspection and necessary repair works at the industrial building.

A former senior manager of a property agency appeared in the Eastern Magistracy today (December 22) after being charged by the ICAC with soliciting $40,000 from vendors of a property for negotiating with purchasers for a higher purchase price and defrauding the purchasers of an extra agency commission amounting to $53,700 in the transaction.