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Ex-Deloitte IT manager stole 423 laptops for stock trading

A former IT manager at Deloitte in Hong Kong has admitted to stealing 423 laptops valued at HK$1.2 million (US$153,000). The manager, Ho Man-kit, sold the Lenovo computers to an electronics recycler over a 17-month period between September 2021 and February 2023. He confessed that the proceeds, amounting to over HK$458,000, were lost through unsuccessful stock trading, leaving him in debt. AI

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Ex-Deloitte IT manager stole 423 laptops for stock trading

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Brian Wong ·

    Ex-Deloitte IT manager remanded for stealing 423 laptops to fund stock trading

    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 D…