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Hong Kong Case Law

Online identity deception
  • 25 Jan 2022

    HKSAR v. CHAN KA YIN

    Citation
    [2022] HKCFI 324
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA353/2021

    The Magistrate correctly applied established authorities and sentencing principles that equate online use of a falsified HKID with in-person presentation; given the deliberate premeditated deception to obtain a bank gift and the appellant's substantial relevant criminal record, the 15 months imprisonment sentence was appropriate and should be upheld.