Tag: Resident

Hong Kong resident jailed for conspiracy to use identity card relating to another person and money laundering ******************************************************************************************      One Hong Kong resident (defendant) was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment upon conviction for eight charges including dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offence (money laundering), conspiracy to deal with property known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offence, conspiracy to use identity card relating to another person, conspiracy to defraud, transferring an identity card to another person and making false representation to Immigration Officers at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts yesterday (April 29).  ... Read more

Mainland resident jailed for making false representation ********************************************************      A Mainland resident was charged at the Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts with three counts of making false representation to an Immigration Department (ImmD) staff member, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment yesterday (October 5).        The 31-year-old male defendant was admitted as a student to Hong Kong in 2017 to study at a local university. After graduation in 2018, the defendant submitted three entry permit applications under Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates to the ImmD from 2019 to 2020, and reported that he was employed by three local companies respectively. Upon an assessment of the ... Read more

Hong Kong resident jailed for possession of forged Hong Kong identity cards and possession of unlawfully obtained travel documents ******************************************************************************************      A Hong Kong resident was jailed for possession of forged Hong Kong identity cards and unlawfully obtained travel documents. He was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment by the District Court last Friday (June 17).        Acting on an allegation, an enforcement operation was conducted by the Immigration Department in November 2017. Three forged Hong Kong identity cards and four Philippine passports relating to other persons were seized at a grocery store run by the defendant.        The defendant ... Read more