Two former Standard Chartered Bank employees in Hong Kong have been sentenced to three years in prison for their role in a scam that defrauded 21 Japanese investors of HK$28 million (US$3.6 million). The scheme involved using fake bank documents to solicit investments for development projects in Africa through a company called African Development Funding (ADF). The former relationship managers, Woo Man-ho and Chan Tak-ching, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud, having made false representations about the company's financial standing and issuing bogus promissory notes that purported to guarantee returns. AI
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- Africa
- African Development Funding
- Chan Tak-ching
- Hong Kong
- Independent Commission Against Corruption
- Japanese investors
- Woo Man-ho
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