{
  "id": 223354,
  "title": "Former Standard Chartered bank staff jailed over HK$28m Africa investment scam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/former-standard-chartered-bank-staff-jailed-over-hk-28m-africa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T13:07:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3363206/former-standard-chartered-bankers-jailed-over-hk28m-africa-investment-scam"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two former relationship managers at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong have been jailed for three years for swindling HK$28 million (US$3.6 million) from 21 Japanese investors who believed their money would fund development projects in Africa. The District Court on Thursday sentenced Woo Man-ho and Chan Tak-ching on a total of four counts of conspiracy to defraud arising from a transnational…",
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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."
}