Hong Kong police officer loses appeal over 6½-year term for HK$26m mortgage fraud
A Hong Kong court has dismissed an appeal by a senior police officer against his 6½-year jail sentence for fraudulently securing over HK$26 million (US$3.31 million) in mortgages by concealing his affiliation with the force. In a written judgment delivered on Monday, the Court of Appeal upheld Superintendent Harbour Chan Hoi-kong’s conviction on two counts of fraud, finding that he must have…
A senior Hong Kong police officer, Superintendent Harbour Chan Hoi-kong, has lost his appeal against a 6½-year prison sentence for mortgage fraud. The Court of Appeal upheld his conviction on two counts of fraud, finding that he knowingly provided false information on mortgage applications to secure more than HK$26 million (US$3.3 million) in loans.
Another police officer, businessman and former chief inspector Wong Ho-ngai, also lost his appeal against a five-year sentence for a similar offence. Chan had submitted fraudulent applications to banks and a credit firm to obtain mortgages for luxury properties in Tai Po and Tung Chung, falsely claiming employment at Wong's company Commander Capital with a monthly salary exceeding HK$240,000.
The Court of Appeal found that Wong also knowingly provided false information by preparing bogus salary receipts. The sentences handed down were deemed neither lenient nor manifestly excessive.
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