Patrick Gauci, an HSBC employee who has been awarded the title of Local Hero by the HSBC Group for having detected and stopped a fraud transaction from taking place, has donated his monetary reward of US$5,000 to the Malta Community Chest Fund. President George Abela and Ms Abela receiving the cash from Mr Gauci. Looking on are (from left) Lucy Weldon, HSBC CEO Alan Richards and Mr Gauci's wife, Claudette Gauci.