COMMERCIAL CRIME, CORRUPTION AND FRAUD

Hong Kong is an international centre for commerce, finance and trade. Accusations of dishonest conduct in business or finance are an inevitable part of the life of such a city and Hong Kong is no exception. Our reputation as an honest, upright and uncorrupt world city is jealously guarded. We are proud to say that we are known as the best place in Asia to do business, but that success comes at a price.
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The Commercial Crime Bureau, the Independent Commission against Corruption and the Securities and Futures Commission all conduct prosecutions in this area, leading to overlapping powers of law enforcement in financial, commercial and corruption offences. A comprehensive knowledge of the powers of the investigating agency involved is critical and the early involvement of a barrister giving good tactical advice can often lead to the right result
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We have extensive experience for both prosecution and defence in this difficult area, ranging from the most serious and complex frauds to the simple but damaging accusation.
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Past cases have included allegations of all types of dishonesty and the list continues to grow as criminal invention thinks of new ways to defraud. We have been involved in frauds concerning the futures market and the London silver market, letter of credit fraud, Ponzi schemes, invoice fraud, false accounting, mortgage fraud, insurance fraud, charities fraud, corruption of banking officials, corruption of government servants and corruption of businessmen.