The CCAC received a report, claiming that a light vehicle driver of the Office of the President of the Court of Final Appeal allegedly gave false information to defraud family subsidy.

Upon investigation, the CCAC found that the driver involved in the case, who had been living with his wife, father-in-law and mother-in-law together for many years, knew full well that his father-in-law had a full-time job and received stable income every month and that his father-in-law and mother-in-law had all along been receiving old-age pension, with the duo’s total annual revenue exceeding the maximum limit for applying for the family subsidy on a per-capita basis. However, the driver involved in the case still submitted to his department the “Application Form for Family Subsidy” and some other documents in which false information was contained, defrauding the family subsidy with a total sum of more than MOP120,000.

The driver is suspected to have committed the crime of fraud involving high value provided for in the Penal Code. The CCAC has referred the case to the Public Prosecutions Office for handling and has notified the Office of the President of the Court of Final Appeal. 

The CCAC pointed out that the family subsidy is designed to support public servants to bear living expenses of their family members. Public servants should make declarations truthfully and accurately, receive the subsidy according to real conditions, and should not take chances to give false declaration for making a profit.