The ICAC has today (Friday) rolled out a recruitment exercise to fill vacancies of Assistant Commission Against Corruption Officer in the Operations Department, and potential applicants are invited to enrol online for a Career Talk to learn more about the work of the Commission.

A former trader of a derivative warrants liquidity provider (LP), charged by the ICAC, was today (Friday) sentenced to four and a half years' imprisonment at the District Court for his operating a scheme to fraudulently trade derivative warrants, which generated illegal profits of about $150 million, after a re-trial.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) today (Wednesday) makes the following statement in relation to the 2015 Index of Economic Freedom (the Index) released by the Heritage Foundation:

Two Ambulancemen of the Fire Services Department (FSD) and two Chinese medicine practitioners (CMPs), charged by the ICAC, were today (Tuesday) sentenced to jail terms up to 11 months at the Kwun Tong Magistracy for conspiracy to use false prescriptions and payment receipts to defraud the FSD and an insurance company of medical expenses totalling over $72,000.

A Police Constable (PC), charged by the ICAC, will be sentenced at the District Court tomorrow (Wednesday) for soliciting and accepting advantages, and misconduct in public office by conducting unauthorised checks on personal particulars and/or criminal records from government computer databases for a businessman.

An operator and a shipping clerk of an oil retailing company have been charged by the ICAC for allegedly defrauding a bank of over US$50.5 million (about HK$400 million) worth of Letters of Credit (L/C) facilities based on bogus business transactions, with the operator accused of possessing poison.

A former sales executive of a finance company has been charged by the ICAC today (Friday) with bribery and fraud in relation to a loan application from a domestic helper.

A small house developer and 11 indigenous villagers have been charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to defraud the Lands Department (LD) in relation to small house projects in the New Territories, with the developer accused of bribery.

A former part-time enumerator of a marketing research company was today (Tuesday) sentenced at the Eastern Magistracy for fraud and attempted fraud by using 2013 ICAC Annual Survey questionnaires containing false information to deceive remuneration from the company.

A former trader of a derivative warrants liquidity provider (LP), charged by the ICAC, was today (Friday) convicted at the District Court of his role in generating over $140 million in illegal profits from the fraudulent trading of derivative warrants after a re-trial.