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It was reported that the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) of the Hong Kong Police Force arrested 35 people on 10th Jan 2024 for Technology Voucher Programme (TVP) fraud cases, referred from HKPC, the TVP secretariat. The involved amount was more than HKD 10 million and one of the arrestee was an ex-district councilor Lam Chun. … Read more
The ICAC press release announced that 6 directors or proprietors were charged for false statement during SFGS 100% loan application. The loan amount was around HK$ 19m. The trial will be held in the district court. The maximum sentence of criminal case trial in the district court is 7-year imprisonment. The consultant is not going … Read more
The Competition Commission lodged a case on 22nd March 2023 in the Competition Tribunal against 4 IT companies. The case told that these companies unfairly obtained 189 projects in “D-biz” with cover bids and the corresponding amount is about 13 million dollars. This is the very first case, and what is cover bidding? Cover bidding … Read more
Whenever our consultants mention the importance of intellectual property (IP), most clients response: it is only for big corporation. Indeed we have a lot of tool in commerce to avoid potential risk, such as commercial insurance and intellectual property etc. Think about it, an employee demands million dollars as compensation to industrial accident and you … Read more
ATAL(1977), a listed company chaired by husband of ex-justice secretary Teresa Cheng Otto Poon, was suited by the Competition Commission (the Commission) that ATAL violated the Competition Ordinance with Shun Hing Group by price fixing and bid rigging. Today (4 Nov), the Commission announced that the ATAL subsidiary admitted the case and pay the fine … Read more
In recent years, the compliance requirement in financial industry gets stricter and stricter. Here are the reasons: 1. technology allows easier international laundering, 2. political figures sanction due to geopolitical issues, 3. terrorism. Financial institutions such as banks, exchange shops, insurance companies etc pay extra attention to ensure compliance fulfillment. Offences can result penalty or … Read more
Hello everybody. You may read BizMagnet article “Common TVP fraud” and know some common tricks the fraudsters do. Recently there are more new tricks over the phone, one you are framed you may lose hundred of thousand HK dollars. Basic: Technology Voucher Programme TVP “Hi, let us get TVP money together!” First, the scammer will … Read more
BizMagnet funding consultant is happy to become a writer of HSBC VisionGo. Our consultant will regularly post article to share latest information and analysis about government funding. BizMagnet articles are totally open and free. “HSBC VisionGo” is a business community platform operated by HSBC HK. At VisionGo, Entrepreneurs can seek business information and opportunity. General … Read more
The Competition Commission has lodged a case recently against ATAL and Shun Hing. It accused ATAL and Shun Hing of price-fixing, market sharing and big-rigging in air conditioning projects, in contrary to the Competition Ordinance. The case is noticeable as ATAL was established by Otto Poon, the husband of Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng and the … Read more
BizMagnet consultant wrote about TVP fraud in 2020, around the third wave of epidemic. Nowadays, Hong Kong business environment changed completely, and many businesses closed due to social distance measures. Even the HKSAR Government launched number of supporting scheme, such as D-Biz, enhanced 100% Special Guarantee Loan scheme and extended Export Marketing Fund etc, local … Read more
