Hong Kong ICAC charges eight over alleged bribery linked to e-cigarette deliveries
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Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption charged eight people, including an online e-cigarette seller and five employees of S.F. Express (Hong Kong) Limited, over alleged corrupt means used to deliver e-cigarettes and vaping products. The ICAC alleges total bribes of about HK$370,000; the defendants have been charged, not convicted.
The charges include alleged conspiracy for agents to accept advantages under Hong Kong’s Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. Three defendants also face charges connected with the alleged sale of alternative smoking products and poisons. The case follows the ICAC’s Operation Heron, and no plea, conviction or settlement is reported in the supplied material.