Members of Plowman Chambers act for the Defendant and the Prosecution in Jury Trial of Cryptocurrency related Offences, with the Defendant Acquitted of all Charges.
In a recent jury trial before the Court of First Instance (HCCC 50/2024), the Defendant faced multiple counts arising from alleged access to the computer systems of Huobi Global Limited （火幣交易平台）and a further count concerning the dealing with 4,999,995 Tether tokens said to represent proceeds of an indictable offence. The Defendant was charged with six counts of access to a computer with criminal or dishonest intent / obtaining access to a computer with a view to dishonest gai
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Priscilia Lam SC and Sean O’Reilly represented the Respondent in HKSAR v FSL [2026] HKCFA 13
The Respondent was convicted after trial of two counts of committing an act of gross indecency towards a child under the age of 16 and two counts of inciting a child under the age of 16 to commit an act of gross indecency towards him, contrary to s.146 of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) (the “ Gross Indecency Offence ”). Priscilia Lam SC represented him before the Court of Appeal (in [2025] HKCA 598) and successfully argued that the indecent conduct complained of must be done
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