Two former senior executive of a duty-free chain store were charged by the ICAC today (July 25) with conspiracy to defraud for allegedly inflating bottled red wine sourced from a French supplier by over $12 million and reselling them to the chain store at over $26 million.

During a visit to the ICAC’s exhibition booth at the “Education and Careers Expo 2022” (the Expo) today (July 22), the ICAC Commissioner Woo Ying-ming said he hoped visitors would gain a better understanding of the agency’s work from the exhibition. He also called on young people who were driven by a sense of mission to join the anti-graft force.

A former supervisor of a cleaning services contractor and his son were charged by the ICAC yesterday (July 20) for allegedly deceiving the contractor into paying wages totalling about $350,000 by falsifying the son’s attendance records over a span of around two and a half years.

A former employee of an investment firm was charged by the ICAC today (July 20) for allegedly conspiring with two proprietors of a garage to accept bribes for awarding vehicle maintenance orders of the firm to the garage.

A company director was charged by the ICAC today (July 20) for allegedly dealing with crime proceeds of $200,000, being payments his company received for trademark and patent registration services claimed to be provided by it. The illegal activities were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation.

Two former insurance agents, charged by the ICAC, today (July 15) admitted at the District Court that they had deceived an insurer into releasing commissions and compensations totalling about $700,000 by making false representations on the occupations and incomes of nine insurance policy applicants and falsely claimed that they were injured after the insurance policies were successfully taken out.

Five among seven persons, charged by the ICAC with conspiracy to defraud for obtaining vaccination records by making false representations of having received COVID-19 vaccine doses at a Community Vaccination Centre (CVC), admitted at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts today (July 14) their involvements in the scam.

A former legal clerk, charged by the ICAC with defrauding two licensed money lenders of mortgage loans totalling $20 million and laundering part of the sums, had his jail term increased from 47 months to 75 months after the Court of Appeal (CA) review his sentence today (July 14).

Three persons, including two insurance agents, were charged by the ICAC today (July 12) with conspiracy to defraud an insurer of commissions totalling about $220,000 by making false representations that a number of insurance policies were handled by the two agents.

The ICAC was informed yesterday (July 10) evening by a member of the public who reportedly attended the Commission’s Open Day yesterday morning and was later tested positive for COVID-19 using Rapid Antigen Test. The case has yet to be confirmed by the Department of Health.