2024-01-12 11:30:46
Since July 2023, the police have used different channels to investigate suspicious application cases involving “Technology Vouchers” and discovered 3 fraud syndicates and arrested 35 people on suspicion of crimes such as “conspiracy to defraud”, “attempted to defraud” and “fraud”. For defrauding the government’s “Technology Voucher” subsidy, those arrested include former District Councilor Lam Jin.
▲The police discovered 3 fraud syndicates and arrested 35 people on suspicion of crimes such as “conspiracy to defraud”, “attempted fraud” and “fraud”. The arrested people included former District Councilor Lam Jin
The police launched Operation Sudden Wind yesterday (9th) and yesterday (10th), arresting 35 people on suspicion of “conspiracy to defraud”, “attempted fraud” and “fraud”, including
21 men and 14 women, 8 of whom are directors and company secretaries of fake technology service providers, 23 store managers and 4 agency company managers. Among those arrested was former Yuen Long District Councilor Lin Jin. After resigning as a district councilor in 2021, he established a company, and then applied for and was approved for a government technology voucher of more than 240,000 yuan in the name of the company. However, when reporters asked Lin Jin, the commercial Crime Investigation Bureau Senior Superintendent Kong Hing-hoon said the police would not comment on individual cases.
Senior Inspector Feng Yunhe of the Commercial Crime Bureau said that the technology voucher application process involves many checks and steps. Since some problems with the applications have been discovered during the process, they have been referred to the police for follow-up. Assistant Director of the Innovation and Technology Commission Huang Wenzhong said that in recent months, the requirements for substantive business operations have been tightened, and bids must be signed in good faith and without collusion when submitting bids.
Source of information and pictures:RTHK
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