Officer understated repayments and hid other debts to secure HK$280,000 in loans from force’s credit union
A Hong Kong policeman has been sentenced to 220 hours of community service for defrauding the force’s credit union to secure HK$280,000 (US$35,675) in loans.
Traffic officer Shum Sze-long, 45, returned to Fanling Court on Wednesday to receive sentencing for one count of fraud and another of attempted fraud for providing inaccurate and incomplete information to the Hong Kong Police Credit Union during two loan applications.
The now-suspended officer, who pleaded guilty last month, understated his monthly instalment of a loan previously extended to him by another financial institution when he borrowed HK$198,000 from the credit union on March 11, 2020.
Shum had claimed that he was required to make a monthly repayment of HK$6,625, whereas the actual amount exceeded HK$15,000.
