Man jailed over counterfeit credit cards

A 33-year-old man was today (October 11) jailed for two years and eight months after pleading guilty to charges relating to counterfeit credit cards.

The District Court heard that the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) conducted an operation in November last year and arrested two men, aged 33 and 30 at the Macau Ferry Terminal, in Shun Tak Centre, Sheung Wan.

The 33-year-old man was found to be in possession of three counterfeit credit cards while the 30-year-old man had two counterfeit credit cards and two Hong Kong Identity cards which had been reported as lost.

The two men were later charged with "possessing false instruments" and "possession of an ID Card relating to another person".

The case was tried on June 25 this year. The 30-year-old man pleaded guilty and on July 16 was sentenced to three years and two months imprisonment.

The 33-year-old man jumped court bail but was arrested by Police on September 9.

He was brought before the District Court and sentence was handed down today.


Police Report No.4
Issued by PPRB

End/Thursday, October 11, 2007.