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Police apprehended two women for using fake information to obtain HK$10.4m government loan scheme

Updated: Apr 26, 2023

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Hong Kong Police arrested two women aged 70 and 47 on Monday in Sheung Shui and Sha Tin, respectively. They are both accused of operating fake information in which the government subsidy scheme fraud is perpetrated.


They reported to have used the avenue of the 100% Personal Loan Guarantee Scheme (PLGS) financial assistance provided by the government during 4th wave of Covid19 to submit their companies' fake payroll records and other information to qualify and obtained loans of around HK$10.4 million from different local banks. This happened for a year between February 2021 and February 2022.


The scheme is operated by Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited, and companies could qualify to apply for a loan of up to HK$9 million or a total amount of employee wages and rent for twenty-seven months.  


Police said the investigation was still ongoing and that further arrests are still possible.




警方拘捕兩名女子利用虛假資料取得 1,040 萬港元政府貸款計劃


香港警方周一分別在上水和沙田逮捕了兩名年齡分別為 70 歲和 47 歲的女子。 他們都被指控操縱虛假信息,在其中實施政府補貼計劃欺詐。

他們報告說,在第 4 波 Covid19 期間,他們利用政府提供的 100% 個人貸款擔保計劃提供財政援助,提交其公司的虛假工資記錄和其他信息以獲得資格,並從不同的機構獲得了約 1040 萬港元的貸款。 本地銀行。 這種情況發生在 2021 年 2 月至 2022 年 2 月之間的一年。

該計劃由香港按揭證券有限公司營運,公司可申請最高900萬港元或僱員工資及租金總額的貸款,為期二十七個月。

警方表示,調查仍在進行中,仍有可能逮捕更多人。

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