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  "id": 542842,
  "title": "Ex-Deloitte IT manager remanded for stealing 423 laptops to fund stock trading",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/ex-deloitte-it-manager-remanded-for-stealing-423-laptops-to-fund",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T06:29:32.000Z",
  "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/3363625/ex-deloitte-it-manager-remanded-stealing-firms-laptops-fund-stock-trading"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A former Deloitte information technology (IT) manager has been remanded in custody pending sentence for stealing 423 laptops from the accounting firm’s Hong Kong office over 17 months to fund his stock trading addiction. Ho Man-kit, 40, pleaded guilty to a count of theft at the District Court on Tuesday, after he misappropriated Lenovo computers worth HK$1.2 million (US$153,000) and sold them to…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Ex-Deloitte IT manager remanded for stealing firm’s laptops to fund stock trading",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/ex-deloitte-it-manager-remanded-for-stealing-firms-laptops-to-fund",
        "published": "2026-08-11T06:29:32.000Z"
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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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