Six people have been charged over alleged corruption and fraud involving Cyberport’s Digital Transformation Support Pilot Programme. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said its investigation identified at least 400 applications involving about HK$20 million in subsidies.
The programme helped small and medium-sized businesses buy ready-made digital tools from registered providers, including electronic payment, online promotion and customer-management systems. Businesses paid half the cost themselves, with the subsidy capped at HK$50,000 per business. Find Solution Ai Limited was one of the registered providers.
Five defendants are accused of conspiring to defraud Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited by falsely representing that eligible businesses had applied for subsidies, hired Find Solution and paid half the service cost. The alleged purpose was to induce Cyberport to approve applications and pay the remaining half as subsidy.
The alleged conspiracy charge names Find Solution’s owner and four others: the company secretary and three salespeople associated with the scheme. Separately, the former Cyberport entrepreneurship director is charged with accepting an advantage, while the owner is charged with offering one. The allegations say the director received gifts including air tickets, bags and a mobile phone in return for favouring Find Solution in subsidy applications. The ICAC said she was responsible for the programme secretariat’s work, including reviewing applications and disbursing subsidies, and alleged that she accelerated applications involving the company and stopped investigating complaints about it.
The six defendants appeared at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on October 12, 2026, and were not required to plead. The case was adjourned for further investigation until January 4, 2027.