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Former Standard Chartered bank staff jailed over HK$28m Africa investment scam

South China Morning Post 06 August 2026 10h ago
Former Standard Chartered bank staff jailed over HK$28m Africa investment scam
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Two former relationship managers at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong have been jailed for three years for swindling HK$28 million (US$3.6 million) from 21 Japanese investors who believed their money would fund development projects in Africa. The District Court on Thursday sentenced Woo Man-ho and Chan Tak-ching on a total of four counts of conspiracy to defraud arising from a transnational inv
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