{
  "id": 2330305,
  "title": "Ex-Deloitte IT manager jailed for 22 months over HK$1.2 million laptop theft",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/ex-deloitte-it-manager-jailed-for-22-months-over-hk-1-2-million-2330305",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T07:04:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3364795/ex-deloitte-it-manager-jailed-22-months-hk12-million-laptop-theft"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A former Deloitte information technology manager has been jailed for 22 months for stealing 423 laptops worth HK$1.2 million (US$153,000) from the accounting firm’s Hong Kong office to fund his stock trading addiction. The District Court sentenced Ho Man-kit, 40, on Friday after he pleaded guilty earlier this month to a count of theft for misappropriating Lenovo computers and selling them to an…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "Ex-Deloitte IT manager jailed for 22 months over HK$1.2 million laptop theft",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/ex-deloitte-it-manager-jailed-for-22-months-over-hk-1-2-million",
        "published": "2026-08-21T07:04:41.000Z"
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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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