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Trio charged with bribery
A bank manager and two intermediary company representatives were charged by the Independent Commission Against Corruption on Wednesday for offering and accepting bribes totaling over HK$100,000.
The ICAC laid a total of 15 charges against the trio.
A Bank of East Asia relationship manager, Lai Chee-wai, 38, and a business consultant at Hongkong Hechuang Business Secretary, Chen Baicai, 25, will face a total of 13 bribery charges.
This includes three counts of offering advantage to an agent, one count of conspiracy to offer advantage to an agent, another count of an agent accepting an advantage and eight counts of conspiracy to accept advantages.
Additionally, Lai was charged, along with Hong Kong Chiying Consulting operator Ke Yingying, 35, of conspiracy to use copies of false instruments.
The alleged bribes occurred between December 2018 and March. The trio were accused of offering and accepting bribes when helping non-domestic clients open personal and corporate accounts with three local banks - BEA, HSBC and Hang Seng Bank.
The trio allegedly used copies of false instruments to indicate that the clients were in Hong Kong when applying to open an account.
Copies of fake landing slips were allegedly attached as supporting documents in the applications submitted to BEA. All three were released on bail, pending their court appearance in the Eastern magistrates' courts today.
A Bank of East Asia relationship manager, Lai Chee-wai, 38, and a business consultant at Hongkong Hechuang Business Secretary, Chen Baicai, 25, will face a total of 13 bribery charges.
This includes three counts of offering advantage to an agent, one count of conspiracy to offer advantage to an agent, another count of an agent accepting an advantage and eight counts of conspiracy to accept advantages.
Additionally, Lai was charged, along with Hong Kong Chiying Consulting operator Ke Yingying, 35, of conspiracy to use copies of false instruments.
The alleged bribes occurred between December 2018 and March. The trio were accused of offering and accepting bribes when helping non-domestic clients open personal and corporate accounts with three local banks - BEA, HSBC and Hang Seng Bank.
The trio allegedly used copies of false instruments to indicate that the clients were in Hong Kong when applying to open an account.
Copies of fake landing slips were allegedly attached as supporting documents in the applications submitted to BEA. All three were released on bail, pending their court appearance in the Eastern magistrates' courts today.
