A then manager of a company, charged by the ICAC for soliciting a bribe of $2 million to $3 million from a business partner for assisting the latter to resolve a business dispute between the two companies on terms most favourable to the partner, was today (May 27) found guilty after trial at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts.

An ICAC investigation earlier revealed that an insurance agent had defrauded an insurer of commissions and bonuses totalling over $1.6 million by making false representations that six clients had taken out various insurance policies. The insurance agent, convicted of fraud after trial, was today (May 27) sentenced to 51 months’ imprisonment at the District Court.

A then foreman of a subcontractor of the Terminal 2 expansion works of the Hong Kong International Airport, charged by the ICAC, today (May 26) admitted at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts that he had solicited and accepted bribes totalling about $16,000 from three bar-benders for assisting them to continue their employment and assigning overtime work to earn extra payments.

A former coordinator of a logistics company, charged by the ICAC, was today (May 22) sentenced to 31 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for deceiving his then employer into placing air cargo space orders worth totalling over $9.1 million with carriers’ agents via two intermediaries associated with him and obtaining personal gain of over $1.2 million in total by concealing his conflicting interest.

In a recent law enforcement operation codenamed “War Drum”, the ICAC uncovered corruption and fraudulent claims of inspections at a construction site of a residential project in Kwun Tong. During the operation, ICAC officers arrested 10 men, aged between 29 and 52. They were alleged to have bribed an employee of the main contractor and resident site supervision staff of an engineering consultancy firm, who were responsible for overseeing the construction works of the project, for lax supervision of steel reinforcement works carried out by subcontractors, as well as conniving at works deviated from the building plans.

The ICAC had received a delegation from Mali's Central Office for Fighting Illicit Enrichment (OCLEI) earlier this week to further enhance anti-corruption collaboration between Hong Kong and African countries. The ICAC shared with the Mali delegation Hong Kong’s three-pronged anti-graft strategy integrating law enforcement, prevention and education as well as the Commission’s endeavours to advance the international anti-corruption cause.

A then Assistant Officer of the Correctional Services Department (CSD), charged by the ICAC, today (May 20) admitted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts that he had deceived the Correctional Services Department Credit Union (CSDCU) and three financial institutions into granting him loans totalling over $890,000 in a span of three years by concealing his personal outstanding liabilities.

Three former employees and a client of the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) were charged by the ICAC today (May 13) for allegedly defrauding the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) of funding totalling over $7 million on two research and development (R&D) projects of the HKPC and falsifying accounts.

In a law enforcement operation codenamed “Heron” mounted recently, the ICAC smashed a syndicate engaged in the illegal sale of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) via its online shop and through bribing staff of a logistics company, delivered the e-cigarettes and vaping products to customers. During the operation, ICAC officers arrested 16 people and seized over 200,000 pieces of vaping products with a market value of about $20 million, a record seizure of such since the e-cigarettes ban came into effect.

The ICAC yesterday (May 8) charged a director of an aesthetic medical centre for allegedly deceiving a shareholder into investing a total of $5.8 million in its business by inflating expenses in purchasing aesthetic medical equipment and renovations, and misappropriating company funds of over $3.1 million.