{
  "id": 10379944,
  "title": "Businessman Jason Poon, wife, granted bail over alleged HK$6 million loan fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/businessman-jason-poon-wife-granted-bail-over-alleged-hk-6-million-10379944",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T06:06:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3369025/businessman-jason-poon-wife-granted-bail-over-alleged-hk6-million-loan-fraud"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon and his wife Carrie Chu have been granted bail after being charged with allegedly defrauding a government financing scheme of HK$6 million during the Covid-19 pandemic. The charges, including fraud and money laundering, were transferred to the District Court, where the maximum sentence is capped at seven years in prison. Magistrate Arthur Lam granted the couple cash bail of HK$100,000 and required them to remain in Hong Kong and report weekly to a police station. They are set to return to Kowloon City Court on November 2 to finalize court transfer documentation and enter their pleas at the District Court at a later stage. The couple faces one count of fraud and four counts of money laundering, alleging they made false representations to HSBC during a loan application for their company, Lockill Biochemical Limited, between June 25 and July 30, 2021. Prosecutors also claim they laundered over HK$3.2 million in August of that year. Poon, 56, is the managing director of mask manufacturer Lockill Biochemical, and his wife, 54, was arrested in March along with four company employees for the alleged fraud.",
  "summary": "Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon Chuk-hung and his wife have been granted bail after facing charges for allegedly defrauding a government financing scheme for businesses out of HK$6 million (US$765,000) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Construction businessman Poon, 56, and his 54-year-old wife, Carrie Chu Shu-fong, were told at Kowloon City Court on Monday that proceedings for their fraud and money…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Businessman Jason Poon, wife, granted bail over alleged HK$6 million loan fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/businessman-jason-poon-wife-granted-bail-over-alleged-hk-6-million",
        "published": "2026-09-28T06:06:45.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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