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Alice So, the former head of entrepreneurship at Hong Kong’s Cyberport, was charged with accepting bribes worth HK$20 million from an AI start-up called Find Solution AI Limited between October 2023 and December 2025. The alleged bribes included luxury items such as a handbag, tote bags, a coin purse, and a mobile phone. So appeared in Eastern Court on Monday and was granted bail; the Independent Commission Against Corruption filed the charges against her for using her position to provide preferential treatment to the company under a government-funded program.
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Alice So Nga-lai, former head of entrepreneurship at Hong Kong's fintech hub Cyberport, has been charged with accepting bribes worth HK$20 million from an AI start-up called Find Solution AI Limited. Between October 2023 and December 2025, So allegedly received various gifts including flight tickets, luxury bags, a mobile phone, and other items offered by Viola Lam Yuen-lee, the director and shareholder of Find Solution AI Limited. These gifts were given as rewards for providing preferential treatment to her company under Hong Kong's Digital Transformation Support Pilot Programme. On Monday, So appeared at Eastern Court facing charges filed by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). She was granted bail on condition that she does not leave Hong Kong without permission and complies with other court orders.
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Ex-Cyberport department head, 5 others, charged over HK$20 million tech subsidy fraud
Former entrepreneurship head Alice So allegedly took bribes, including plane tickets and luxury gifts, in return for pushing subsidies for AI start-up
A former department head of Hong Kong’s fintech hub Cyberport has been granted bail after being charged with accepting bribes to help an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up secure HK$20 million in funding from a government-subsidised programme.
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Alice So Nga-lai, 59, former head of entrepreneurship of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company, was accused of receiving advantages such as flight tickets, one handbag, two tote bags, one coin purse and a mobile phone between October 2023 and December 2025.
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On Monday, she appeared at Eastern Court to face a count of a public servant accepting advantages.
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The charge was filed by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
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The corruption watchdog alleged that Viola Lam Yuen-lee, 39, director and shareholder of Find Solution AI Limited, offered the gifts to So as a reward for giving the company preferential treatment in its application for subsidies under the Digital Transformation Support Pilot Programme.
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