A former associate director of a foreign investment bank, charged by the ICAC, was today (November 16) sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment at the District Court for accepting bribes of about $1.46 million in total for managing the investment portfolio of a client with the bank.

Nineteen former laboratory staff of a contractor of the Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) have been charged by the ICAC today (November 15) in two cases for their alleged roles in producing false concrete compression tests for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Project.

A former secretary of the incorporated owners (IO) of a private residential estate appeared in the Tuen Mun Magistracy today (November 13) after being charged by the ICAC for allegedly breaching the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (POBO) by disclosing the identity of a person under investigation.

An officer of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) and a former inmate, charged by the ICAC, were today (November 8) each sentenced to four months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistracy after admitting conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office (MIPO) in relation to the introduction of unauthorised articles into a prison for the former inmate.

Two former managers of a bank appeared in the Eastern Magistracy today (November 1) after being charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to access its computers to retrieve customer information, while one of them also faced a charge of conspiracy for her to accept bribes of $15,000 in total for doing so.

A former associate director of a foreign investment bank, charged by the ICAC, was today (October 27) convicted at the District Court of conspiracy for him to accept bribes of about $1.46 million in total for managing the investment portfolio of a client with the bank.

A former site supervisor and a former worker of a metal works company, charged by the ICAC, were today (October 26) each sentenced to four months’ imprisonment at the Eastern Magistracy for conspiracy to accept illegal wage rebates of over $142,000 in total from four other workers in relation to their employment at various construction sites.

The proprietor of an air-condition engineering company, charged by the ICAC, was today (October 26) sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment at the West Kowloon Magistracy for having conspired with a then assistant project manager of another engineering firm for the latter to accept illegal rebates of about $200,000 for recommending air-condition piping works of a commercial complex to his company.

A former sales clerk of a packaging and labour protective materials supplier, charged by the ICAC, was today (October 25) sentenced to three years and two months’ imprisonment at the District Court after being convicted of defrauding six local food manufacturers of purchase orders worth about $720,000 and using false purchase orders.

A manager of a web services company was brought to the Eastern Magistracy today (October 24) after being charged by the ICAC with offering an illegal commission of Euro 50,000 to an employee of a bank for assisting him in handling a remittance of Euro five million.