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

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All 1 reports on Thu, 6 August 2026

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Woo Man-hoChan Tak-chingStandard Chartered bankAfricaHong Kong

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How it spread - 1 original report

  1. Thu, 6 August 2026

    1 report
    • South China Morning Post13:07first to report

      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 investment scam between January 2015 and September 2016. The defendants, both 39, had earlier...

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