Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon Chuk-hung and his wife have been granted bail after facing charges for allegedly defrauding a government financing scheme for businesses out of HK$6 million (US$765,000) during the Covid-19 pandemic.Construction businessman Poon, 56, and his 54-year-old wife, Carrie Chu Shu-fong, were told at Kowloon City Court on Monday that proceedings for their fraud and money laundering charges would be transferred to the District Court, where the maximum sentence for any number of charges is capped at a total of seven years’ imprisonment.
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Businessman Jason Poon and wife granted bail over alleged HK$6 million loan fraud
Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon Chuk-hung and his wife, Carrie Chu Shu-fong, have been granted bail. They face charges of fraud and money laundering related to an alleged HK$6 million (US$765,000) defrauding of a government financing scheme for businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fiona ChowSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-28 · 06:06 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon Chuk-hung and his wife, Carrie Chu Shu-fong, have been granted bail. They face charges of fraud and money laundering related to an alleged HK$6 million (US$765,000) defrauding of a government financing scheme for businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. The proceedings for their case were transferred to the District Court on Monday at Kowloon City Court. The District Court has a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment for any number of charges.
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The maximum sentence in the District Court is seven years' imprisonment.
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They face charges for allegedly defrauding a government financing scheme out of HK$6 million.
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Businessman Jason Poon and his wife were granted bail.
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