Two frontline employees of Bank of China (Hong Kong) have been charged by the Commercial Crime Bureau in connection with the sale of Lehman Brothers-related structured products.
The two women, aged 38 and 51, were arrested last month by the police for 'separately misleading and inducing eight customers on various occasions to purchase structured products between 2005 and 2008' in contravention of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
The police said at the time of the arrests that the case involved eight customers and HK$3.5 million.
According to a voluntary statement filed yesterday by Bank of China (Hong Kong) with the Hong Kong stock exchange, a third employee was arrested by the bureau on March 26, also in connection with the sale of the structured products.
The third employee has not been charged.
All three employees are on bail and are also on compulsory leave from duties, according to the filing.
The bank said in the statement that it would not comment on the case because an investigation was under way.