12th June 2026 – (Hong Kong) A 34-year‑old Hong Kong man has been jailed for two years after orchestrating two sham marriages to help Mainland women secure entry and delivery services in the city. He was convicted at Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts on 11th June of two counts of conspiracy to defraud, making a false statutory declaration, and conspiracy to obtain services by deception.
Immigration investigators said the defendant wed a Mainland woman in Hong Kong in 2017. She later obtained a Confirmation Certificate on Delivery Booking from a private hospital and attempted to enter Hong Kong that November to give birth. Owing to doubts about the couple’s relationship, Immigration officers refused her permission to land and she delivered on the Mainland. After divorcing, the man entered a second bogus marriage with another Mainland resident in 2021.
Under caution, the defendant admitted receiving about HK$40,000 for the two fake marriages to facilitate visit endorsements and residency claims. He also confessed to knowingly making a false statutory declaration at a District Office, falsely claiming paternity of the first woman’s unborn child to secure the hospital delivery booking. The Immigration Department (ImmD) said inquiries into other suspects continue and further arrests are possible.
The ImmD stressed it will continue targeting non‑local pregnant women seeking to give birth in Hong Kong by illegal means, alongside abettors arranging bogus marriages. Residency obtained by fraud will be invalidated and offenders removed to their place of origin.
Officials reminded the public that making false statements to immigration officers is an offence punishable by up to 14 years’ imprisonment and a HK$150,000 fine; conspiracy to defraud also carries a maximum of 14 years’ jail. Knowingly making a false statutory declaration is liable to up to two years’ imprisonment, while dishonestly obtaining services by deception attracts a maximum of 10 years.