A 35-year-old in-house compliance officer working for Bank of America Merrill Lynch is facing assault charges in Hong Kong after an incident involving police officers.*

Samuel Bickett, an American, appeared before the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts Monday morning, charged with one count of common assault and one count of assaulting a police officer. The court will hear the case on Feb. 4 and Bickett has been released on bail. He is able to leave Hong Kong, according to local press reports.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]