The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has revealed that a man accepted illegal bets on football matches, involving over HK$3.4 million. The District Court found the man guilty today (Jan. 9) after the ICAC previously charged him.
Lai, 59, was convicted of two counts of accepting bets in violation of Section 7(1)(a) of the Gambling Ordinance. The ICAC's investigation found that the defendant was involved in operating an illegal betting business on football matches from Nov. 2016 to March 2020, accepting bets from clients totaling over HK$3.4 million. Acting Judge Terence Wai postponed the case to Jan. 23 for sentencing and allowed the defendant to be released on bail.
The ICAC's investigation also uncovered that a former sergeant was involved in a case regarding a police investigation into bribery involving HK$500,000, fraud against the Hong Kong Police Savings Cooperative loan, and illegal betting. The former sergeant was previously charged in two separate cases with corruption and fraud, receiving an 18-month prison sentence and 240 hours of community service.
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